Assessment of compliance in cardiovascular patients in Nishter Hospital, Multan, Pakistan

Mirza Muhammad Faran Ashraf Baig*, Qasim Shahzad, Mehreen Jabeen, Hafiz Muhammad Khawar Saeed, Muqeet Wahid, Muhammad Irfan, Irum Iqbal, Qudsia Bano

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Abstract

The objective was to find the factors involve that contributes toward the noncompliance in the patients with cardio-vascular diseases. This was descriptive in nature. Nishter Hospital, Multan. Patients admitted in the cardio ward of the hospital were interviewed during the period of June 6, to August 6, 2013. The information regarding the demographics, level of education, and trust on doctors, medication taking behavior and compliance were taken with the help of questionnaire. Statistical analysis was performed with the help of SPSS 17 (SPSS Inc. Released 2008. SPSS Statistics for Windows, Version 17.0. Chicago: SPSS Inc).Of 200 respondents 65.0% were compliant and 35% were noncompliant.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)56-59
Number of pages4
JournalAsian Journal of Pharmaceutics
Volume9
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2015
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • Compliance
  • Literacy
  • Noncompliance

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