title: [Drug compliance of patients on anticoagulant treatment].
abstract: Despite several therapeutic possibilities the morbidity and mortality of thromboembolic disorders remain high. Improving drug compliance - i. e. keeping up the doctor's prescriptions - may be an effective tool to reach better results. To improve patients' compliance, the risk factors of non-compliance should be recognized. Among these patients' fear of adverse effects of drugs, their lack of knowledge about their illness and medication, forgetfulness, and other social, economic factors may be the most important. Furthermore, adherence may be worsened when the patient feels that the decision has been made over his/her head. Sustained medical adherence is important because anticoagulation may be a life-long treatment. The new oral anticoagulants make the matter of compliance to be current. These new type of drugs do not need regular laboratory monitoring and, therefore, compliance cannot be strictly followed. There are several studies concerning drug compliance to anticoagulant medications. Improvement of adherence is based on regular patient education after reviewing the factors of non-compliance, which needs teamwork with important roles of doctors, pharmacists, dietetics and nurses. Careful and accurate work of the participants of primary care might be complemented by the activity of anticoagulant clinics.
authors.affiliation: Egészségtudományi Klinikai Tanszék, Semmelweis Egyetem, Egészségtudományi Kar Budapest, Vas u. 17., 1088.
authors.forename: Klára
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gadó
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kocsis
authors.forename: Romána
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zelkó
authors.forename: Balázs
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hankó
authors.forename: Judit
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kovácsné Balogh
authors.forename: Mónika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Forczig
authors.forename: Gyula
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Domján
mesh_terms: D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D055118:Medication Adherence / Q000523:psychology; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012307:Risk Factors; D020521:Stroke / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D013923:Thromboembolism / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000925:Anticoagulants
keywords: anticoagulant; antikoaguláns; drug compliance; gyógyszer-adherencia; new oral anticoagulant drugs (NOAC); stroke prevention; stroke-megelőzés; terápiahűség; thromboembolia; thromboembolic events; thrombosis; új típusú alvadásgátlók