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South Russian Journal of Therapeutic Practice, 2(5), p. 58-63, 2024

DOI: 10.21886/2712-8156-2024-5-2-58-63

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Assessment of adherence to therapy and options for polypharmacy in patients with CHF according to local registry data

Journal article published in 2024 by E. I. Tarlovskaya ORCID, Y. V. Omarova ORCID
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Abstract

Objective: to study the frequency of adherence to therapy, as well as options for existing polypharmacy in patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) according to local registry data.Materials and methods: the study included 398 patients with CHF aged 72.17±11.12 years. Patients were divided into groups depending on the type of polypharmacy (appropriate and inappropriate) according to the criteria of the EURO-FORTA (EF) system (2021) and based on national clinical guidelines (CR) (2020), without polypharmacy (taking 1–4 drugs during prehospital stage) who did not take therapy at the prehospital stage - during the last 3 months before the actual hospitalization.Results: depending on the type of polypharmacy at the outpatient stage, the analysis was carried out by comparing 4 groups: appropriate (n=103 (EF) and n=120 (CR)) and inappropriate (n=103 (EF) and n=86 (CR) polypharmacy, without polypharmacy (taking 1-4 drugs) (n=91 (EF) and n=117 (KR)) and not taking therapy at the prehospital stage (n=55 (EF) and n=75 (KR)) during the last 3 months before current hospitalization. According to the Morisky-Green questionnaire, 38.44% were adherent to treatment at the prehospital stage, possibly adherent — 7.28%, non-adherent — 54.28%. The lowest quality of pharmacotherapy at the prehospital stage was observed in the group of patients without polypharmacy: they were less likely than patients with appropriate and inappropriate polypharmacy (according to the CR criteria) to take angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) (30.77% versus 55.00% versus 51.16 %, рmg=0.0001), β-adrenergic blockers (β-AB) (52.13% vs. 88.33% vs. 77.90%, рmg=0.0001) and mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists (MCRA) (11.11 % versus 57.50% versus 52.32%, рmg=0.0001) and quite often in 30.77% (p=0.00001) they took potentially unacceptable medications, which further reduced the quality of therapy.Conclusion: according to the Morisky-Green questionnaire, 54.28% of patients with CHF were non-adherent to therapy at the prehospital stage. Patients with CHF at the prehospital stage in 25.2% did not receive treatment for CHF, in 39.3% there was no polypharmacy and in 69.1% polypharmacy was observed. In multimorbid patients with CHF, polypharmacy had the following advantages: more frequent use of 3-component basic therapy for CHF, more frequent use of ACE inhibitors, β-blockers, AMCR, statins for coronary heart disease (CHD), oral anticoagulants (OAC) for fibrillation/flutter atria (AF/AFL) and antihyperglycemic therapy for diabetes mellitus (DM).