文摘
Objective
To assess therapeutic compliance in osteoporosis in women in a primary care (PC) setting.Patients and methods
<p>Observational, descriptive, cross-sectional and multicenter study, conducted in PC centers of the 17 Spanish autonomous regions. 1649 women who had initiated treatment for osteoporosis at least 3 months before entering the study were recruited. To assess therapeutic compliance, two questionnaires, the Haynes¨CSackett or self-communicated compliance test (AC) and the Morisky¨CGreen test (MG) were used.Results
<p>Patients?mean age (¡ÀSD) was 66.59 years (9.5) and the mean time since diagnosis was 5.08 years (4.87). Bisphosphonates were the most prescribed drugs (82 % of the patients) and only 52 % of the patients were taking calcium and vitamin D supplements. Analysis of the therapeutic compliance level shows that, as per the MG test, 68.7 % of the patients were non-compliers, and 11.2 % were non-compliers as per the AC test.Conclusions
<p>An important percentage of women with post-menopausal osteoporosis in Spain's PC setting show a high level of non-compliance.
