title: [Adherence in patients with chronic treatment: data of "adherence day 2013"].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The primary objective of this study was to evaluate the adherence level in chronic conditions patients during "The Adherence Day" celebrated on November 15, 2013.
  
  
  METHODS
  We performed a transversal, observational and multicenter study at 43 Spanish hospitals, in order to estimate adherence in chronic treatments. We used the validated questionnaires Haynes- Sackett and Morisky- Green to measure medication adherence; but also a visual analogue scale and questions related with treatment complexity and selective adherence were applied. We performed a descriptive analysis and the closeness of agreement between questionnaires results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 723 surveys were collected especially among outpatients. 43% of the participants were women, with a median age of 51 and taking 3 drugs per day. 10.8% of the patients reported to have difficulty taking their pills according to Haynes- Sackett test. However, depending on Morisky- Green questionnaire, 56.4% of the participants were totally compliant; but considering only the question about forgetfulness, more were adherents (77%). 71% of the patients considered their compliance level as good (more than 8) according to visual analogue scale. And 11% presented a selective adherence, no taking equally well all the medications. The closeness of agreement between questionnaires and Morisky- Green test, as gold standard, was poor for Haynes- Sackett and weak for visual analogue scale.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  In our study only 56% of the patients with chronic treatment had a perfect adherence.
authors: Farmacia. Hospital de Galdakao- Usansolo. Galdakao. Vizcaya.. olatzibarra@gmail.com.
authors: Olatz
authors: O
authors: Ibarra Barrueta
authors: Farmacia. Complejo Hospitalario de Especialidades Virgen de Valme. Sevilla.. ralejandro.morillo.sspa@juntadeandalucia.es.
authors: Ramón
authors: R
authors: Morillo Verdugo
authors: Farmacia. Corporació Sanitària Parc Tauli. Sabadell. Barcelona.. nrudi@tauli.cat.
authors: Nuria
authors: N
authors: Rudi Sola
authors: Farmacia. Hospital Universitario Dr. Peset. Valencia.. ventura_jma@gva.es.
authors: Jose Manuel
authors: JM
authors: Ventura Cerdá
authors: Farmacia. Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet. España.. hnavarroaz@gmail.com.
authors: Herminia
authors: H
authors: Navarro Aznárez
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010045:Outpatients; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016903:Drug Monitoring