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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2021

Relationship of health literacy and adherence to oral anticoagulation therapy in patients with atrial fibrillation: a cross-sectional study.

Frederico Bartolazzi, Antônio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro, Waleska Jaclyn Freitas Nunes de Sousa, Mayara Sousa Vianna, José Luiz Padilha da Silva, Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras Martins

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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6 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Frederico BartolazziFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30130-100, Brazil.
Antônio Luiz Pinho RibeiroFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30130-100, Brazil.
Waleska Jaclyn Freitas Nunes de SousaFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30130-100, Brazil.
Mayara Sousa ViannaFaculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos, 6.627, Campus Pampulha, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 31270-901, Brazil.
José Luiz Padilha da SilvaUniversidade Federal do Paraná, Edifício do Setor de Ciências Exatas - 2 o andar, Centro Politécnico, Jardim das Américas, Curitiba, Paraná, CEP 81531-980, Brazil.
Maria Auxiliadora Parreiras MartinsFaculdade de Medicina, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Prof. Alfredo Balena, 190, Santa Efigênia, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, CEP 30130-100, Brazil. auxiliadorapmartins@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5211-411X
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais · BRUniversidade Federal do Paraná · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Oral anticoagulant therapy (OAT) has increased substantially due to the aging population and prevalence rise of atrial fibrillation (AF). Medication adherence is important to achieve effectiveness and safety of OAT. The study aim was to investigate the relationship between health literary (HL) and the adherence to OAT in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). This is a cross-sectional study conducted in a public cardiology clinic in Brazil, 2019. Sociodemographic and clinical data were collected by the review of medical records and interviews with patients. The relation between health literacy (HL) and adherence to OAT was investigated by a multiple logistic regression model. Overall, 100 AF patients were included in this study, with average age of 68.8 ± 13.8 years and predominance of women (54 %). Inadequate HL was found in 79 % of the patients and non-adherence was identified in 66 % of the participants. Sex was the only variable with a statistically significant association with non-adherence to OAT. Men presented a 2.54-fold greater chance of non-adherence to OAT, when compared to the women (Odds ratio (OR) = 2.54; 95 % confidence interval (CI): 1.03-6.62; p = 0.047). No statistically significant relationship was found between inadequate HL and non-adherence to OAT (OR 1.48; 95 % CI, 0.47-4.61; p = 0.49). High rates of inadequate HL and non-adherence to OAT were identified in this study; however, this relationship did not prove to be statistically significant. Further studies are needed to investigate factors associated with non-adherence to OAT in large samples of vulnerable populations and strategies for its improvement in public health.

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Atrial FibrillationHealth LiteracyStrokeAdministration, OralAgedAged, 80 and overAnticoagulantsCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedRisk FactorsAnticoagulantsAnticoagulantsAtrial fibrillationDrug therapy adherenceHealth literacyOutpatient care

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