Factores relacionados con la adherencia al tratamiento farmacológico en pacientes con diagnóstico de depresión en una institución de salud de Bogotá
Year: 2009
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The depression represents a serious problem of public health, as it generates a great economic, social and emotional impact. Is considered that in the next decades the social costs to the same one will be increased in significant form and went of a fifth place at the present time to a second place after the cardiovascular diseases. The studies of Literature show that one of the factors that alter the result of the treatments for this disease it is the adhesion to the pharmacologic treatment, since when the patients well are not controlled it can arrive at fatal outcomes as the suicidal one. OBJECTIVES To determine the factors related to the adhesion to the pharmacological treatment in patients with diagnosis of depression in an Institution of health of fourth level of attention of Bogota. METHODOLOGY A study of descriptive type was realized of cross section, where 39 patients with diagnosis of depression without psychotic’s symptoms participated, that were taking medicines for the control from their disease by a minimum period of a month in an Institution of fourth level of attention of Bogota RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS In the results he demonstrated himself that the patients presented/displayed a level of high adhesion (69,23%) and medium (30,76%), where was observed that the sociodemographic characteristics of the population study were: ages between 21-59 years, masculine, unmarried sex, occupation independent working student, university schooling and main caretaker father/mother. As far as the factors related to the adhesion in the taking of the medicine one was; not to have difficulty in the taking of the medicine, not to stop taking it in spite of presenting/displaying malaise sensation, not confusing the doses, not to forget to take the medicine in the week and not to have economic difficulties to acquire it. According to the services of health the majority of the population study did not have difficulty with the access to the consultation and request of medicines. According to the sanitary personnel the majority of the population asks for to the professional of infirmary necessary information on its medicine, as well as to the medicine professional and finally to consider that they are clear and opportune the recommendations given by the doctor for his treatment.
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Family Practice
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1746409658