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Multimed

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VAZQUEZ MACHADO, Andrés; MUKAMUTARA, Julienne; MEIRELES OCHOA, Madeline Yoanis  y  VAZQUEZ ARIAS, Liliana. Depressive disorders and vital events in patients with arterial hypertension and its relationship with therapeutic adherence. Multimed [online]. 2019, vol.23, n.5, pp.1079-1094. ISSN 1028-4818.

Introduction:

arterial hypertension (hypertension) is one of the great challenges of modern medicine, due to its high prevalence, it is probably the most important health problem in developed and underdeveloped countries. It affects about one billion adults and according to projections by 2025 there will be 1.5 million people with the disease, which is equivalent to 30% of the world's population.

Objective:

to identify the presence of depressive disorders and vital events in patients with arterial hypertension and their relationship with adherence to antihypertensive therapy.

Method:

a descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted with 222 hypertensive patients from the Central Hospital of Nampula, Mozambique. Some sociodemographic variables, depressive symptomatology, psychiatric diagnosis, current vital events and therapeutic adherence were studied. Bivariate analyzes were performed to correlate adherence to treatment with the presence of psychological symptoms, psychopharmacological treatment, vital events and diagnosis of depressive illness.

Results:

the frequency of depressive symptoms was 40.5%. The most frequent diagnoses were major depressive disorder, dysthymic disorder and adaptive disorders with depressive mood. Current vital events affected 77.9% of hypertensive patients; the most frequent were the death of loved relatives, suffering from physical illnesses and interpersonal conflicts. 42.8% had poor adherence to antihypertensive medication, which was significantly associated (p <0.05) with the presence of depressive symptoms, need for psychopharmacological treatment, being affected by 3 or more current life events and having Diagnosis of a depressive disorder.

Conclusions:

the frequency of depression is high in hypertensive patients and depressed patients have poor therapeutic adherence. Current vital events negatively influence compliance with antihypertensive treatment.

Palabras clave : Depression; Hypertension; Treatment adherence and compliance.

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