TY - JOUR
T1 - Adherence to the medical regime in patients with heart failure
AU - Muzzarelli, Stefano
AU - Brunner-La Rocca, Hanspeter
AU - Pfister, Otmar
AU - Foglia, Pietro
AU - Moschovitis, Giorgio
AU - Mombelli, Giorgio
AU - Stricker, Hans
PY - 2010/4
Y1 - 2010/4
N2 - Aims To assess adherence to medical treatment in patients with heart failure (HF) using a specific questionnaire and measurement of the serum concentration of digoxin. Methods and results Forty patients with symptomatic HF and a clinical indication for digoxin were included in this pilot study. The assessment of adherence to the medical regime was based on two different methods: (i) the CARDIA-Questionnaire and (ii) the measurement of serum digoxin concentration (SDC) at 1 and 6 months. All patients were placed on digoxin treatment (target SDC 0.6-0.8 ng/mL) at baseline. Poor adherence was defined if the patient self-reported taking
AB - Aims To assess adherence to medical treatment in patients with heart failure (HF) using a specific questionnaire and measurement of the serum concentration of digoxin. Methods and results Forty patients with symptomatic HF and a clinical indication for digoxin were included in this pilot study. The assessment of adherence to the medical regime was based on two different methods: (i) the CARDIA-Questionnaire and (ii) the measurement of serum digoxin concentration (SDC) at 1 and 6 months. All patients were placed on digoxin treatment (target SDC 0.6-0.8 ng/mL) at baseline. Poor adherence was defined if the patient self-reported taking
KW - Heart failure
KW - Adherence to the medical regime
U2 - 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq015
DO - 10.1093/eurjhf/hfq015
M3 - Article
C2 - 20172940
SN - 1388-9842
VL - 12
SP - 389
EP - 396
JO - European journal of heart failure
JF - European journal of heart failure
IS - 4
ER -