AUTHOR=Dagnew Samuel Berihun , Wondm Samuel Agegnew , Dagnew Fisseha Nigussie , Yimer Yohannes Shumet , Wondmkun Yehualashet Teshome , Moges Tilaye Arega 

TITLE=Level of medication adherence and its determinants of cardiovascular disease patients attending at specialized teaching hospitals of Amhara regional state, Ethiopia: a multicenter cross-sectional study

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Pharmacology

VOLUME=Volume 15 - 2024

YEAR=2024

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/pharmacology/articles/10.3389/fphar.2024.1422703

DOI=10.3389/fphar.2024.1422703

ISSN=1663-9812

ABSTRACT=Non-adherence to medication in patients with cardiovascular disease continues to be a main cause of suboptimal management, increased morbidity and mortality, and increased healthcare expenses. The present study assessed the level of medication adherence and its determinants of cardiovascular disease patients.An institutional-based multicenter cross-sectional study was conducted with patients with cardiovascular disease in Northwest Ethiopian teaching hospitals. The level of medication adherence was evaluated using a standardized questionnaire of the Adherence in Chronic Disease Scale (ACDS). To find determinants of the level of medication adherence, an ordinal logistic regression model was employed. Statistics were significant when P ≤ 0.05 at a 95% confidence interval (CI).In the end, 336 participants were included in the research.