Patient Compliance with Oral Anticoagulant Therapy
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Sérgio Valério; Maria João Hilário
- Source
- The 5th International Congress of CiiEM (IC CiiEM).
- Subject
- Compliance (physiology)
Age and gender
medicine.medical_specialty
Blood clotting
business.industry
Hospital unit
Internal medicine
Oral anticoagulant
Medicine
business
Patient compliance
- Language
Oral anticoagulants (OAC) are intended to enhance the unwanted activation of blood clotting, and they are used for the prophylaxis and treatment of thromboembolic events. This study aimed to describe and verify whether there was a relationship between patient compliance with OAC therapy and patient gender and age, using a sample of 111 individuals. The data were collected through individual forms, from patients in a Hospital Unit in Great Lisbon. Results showed a statistically significant relationship between patient compliance with OAC therapy and the variables gender and age.