Assessment of treatment adherence among black Africans with XXXX .

@entity1 @entity712 @entity1372
UNASSIGNED: to analyze @entity1 -related factors that may influence adherence in @entity1 with @entity712 in an African cardiology department. This prospective observational study took place in the in- @entity1 department of the Abidjan cardiology institute and enrolled consecutive @entity1 hospitalized for decompensated @entity712 from January to November 2014. The inclusion criteria were @entity712 in @entity1 older than 18  years, developing for at least 6  months and treated by medication. The revised @entity712 compliance questionnaire was used. The study included 121  @entity1 . Overall adherence was poor in 88.4% of @entity1 . Multiple linear regression analyses showed that use of traditional medicine was associated with poor adherence for the following 3 components: keeping follow-up appointments, medication intake, and @entity1372 limitations. Overall adherence increased with the number of hospitalizations (OR  =  1.69, 95% CI 1.13-2.53; p  =  0.01). This increase persisted after adjustment for age, sex, educational level, marital status, medical insurance coverage and the use of alternative medicines (traditional and Chinese) (OR  =  1.70; CI 1.12-2.28; p  =  0.01). Adherence among black Africans with @entity712 remains poor, influenced too much by traditional medicine. Therapeutic education is essential to improve @entity1 ' knowledge about their disease and its treatment.
