title: [Adherence to medication among hypertensive patients participating in the Medicine at Home Program].
abstract: to analyze adherence to medication and associated among factors hypertensive individuals taking part in the Medicine at Home Programme.
  
  
  
  this was a cross-sectional study using a questionnaire administered to patients with full access to medication participating in the São Paulo City Health Department's Medicine at Home Programme; treatment adherence was analyzed according to sociodemographic and behavioral characteristics using Poisson regression.
  
  
  
  106 patients with arterial hypertension and with full access to medication were interviewed and 80.2% had high adherence; there were no significant differences (p>0.05) between adhering and non-adhering participants with regard to sociodemographic, behavioral or clinical characteristics.
  
  
  
  with adequate provision of health care and full access to medicine, sociodemographic, behavioral and clinical factors did not influence adherence to medicine indicating that health service organization and health policies play a fundamental role in controlling hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Samir Nicola
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Mansour
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Camila Nascimento
authors.initials: CN
authors.lastname: Monteiro
authors.affiliation: Universidade de São Paulo, Faculdade de Medicina, São Paulo-SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Olinda do Carmo
authors.initials: OD
authors.lastname: Luiz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents