Abstract

VALDES NARANJO, Yanelli  and  PANTALEON BERNAL, Olga Silvia. Adherence to oral anticoagulation drug treatment and its importance in venous thromboembolic disease. Rev Cubana Angiol Cir Vasc [online]. 2016, vol.17, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1682-0037.

Nowadays there is no consensus about the operational definition of not adherence to oral anticoagulant therapy; however it is known that its evaluation and the interventions to improve it are fundamental in the daily clinical practice. The intention of this study is to realized a current review of the adherence to oral anticoagulant treatment and the consequences of the no adherence to this treatment in venous thromboembolic disease. A literature review was made on MedLine and Google and those studies about adherence to treatment published in the 2009-2015 period were found. Non-adherence to treatment significantly occurs in the oral anticoagulation in spite of being one of the drug therapies under more intensive monitoring. This condition is one of the main reasons to interrupt the anticoagulant treatment. Non-adherence reduces the benefits of treatment and may influence the assessment of its efficacy, so it is necessary to improve the understanding of therapeutics by the patient. Adherence to treatment probably has the highest impact on the quality of anti-coagulation. The improvement of adherence to oral anticoagulant treatment would have an effect in a better clinical progress of patients and in the decrease of health costs.

Keywords : therapeutic adherence; oral anticoagulant; vascular disease; venous thromboembolic disease.

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