MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF UNCONTROLLED HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN KOREA

Author(s)

Ha j¹, Lee c², Park W³, Suh j⁴, Choi e⁵, Jeon d⁶, Lim s⁷, Kim d⁸, Cha k⁹, Lee b¹⁰, Kim n¹¹, Kim d¹², Kim H¹³, Lee K¹³, Ko S¹³
¹Severance Cardiovascular Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Severance Hospital, Seoul, Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁴Bundang Seoul National University hospital, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁵Seoul National University hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁶NHIC Ilsan Hospital, Goyang, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁷CHA University Bundang Medical Center, Seongnam, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁸Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea, Republic of (South), ⁹Pusan national universiry hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ¹⁰Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea, Republic of (South), ¹¹Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea, Republic of (South), ¹²Dankook University Hospital, Cheonan, Korea, Republic of (South), ¹³Novartis Korea, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South)

OBJECTIVES: According to Korean’s National Nutrition Examination Surveys, hypertension patients’ awareness, treatment, and control rate are low despite high prevalence. This study aims to investigate medication adherence and quality of life (QoL) of uncontrolled hypertension patients in Korea.

METHODS: Inclusion criteria are as follows; over 20 yrs old, patients whose systolic blood pressure (SBP) > 140mmHg or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > 90mmHg, despite taking antihypertensive drugs Demographic characteristics, treatment status (controlled / uncontrolled) and patient reported outcome (EQ-5D, Morisky 4-Items Self-Report Measure of Medication questionnaire (MMAS-4)) were assessed at baseline, 3 months (FU1), and 6 months (FU2) after enrollment.

RESULTS: We enrolled 1,001 patients from 13 university hospitals and collected data prospectively in the period from February, 2014 to June, 2016. Mean age of patients was 64.6±The patients’ QoL was analyzed by the EQ-5D and the mean score was 0.87±±±Medication adherence was analyzed by MMAS-4, the mean score was 0.52±±

CONCLUSIONS: Our data demonstrates there are still rooms for improvement of medication adherence. Since medication adherence, blood pressure control and quality of life are closely inter-related, strategy to enhance medication adherence would be clinically important.

Conference/Value in Health Info

2017-11, ISPOR Europe 2017, Glasgow, Scotland

Value in Health, Vol. 20, No. 9 (October 2017)

Code

PCV113

Topic

Patient-Centered Research

Topic Subcategory

Adherence, Persistence, & Compliance, Patient-reported Outcomes & Quality of Life Outcomes

Disease

Cardiovascular Disorders

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