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Medication Persistence Rates and Factors Associated with Persistence in Patients Following Stroke: A Cohort Study |
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| Authors: | Heather L Lummis Ingrid S Sketris Gordon J Gubitz Michel R Joffres Gordon J Flowerdew |
| Affiliation: | (1) Pharmacy Department, Capital District Health Authority, Halifax, Canada;(2) College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada;(3) Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada;(4) Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada;(5) Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada |
| Abstract: | BackgroundMedication nonadherence can be as high as 50% and results in suboptimal patient outcomes. Stroke patients in particular can benefit from pharmacotherapy for thrombosis, hypertension, and dyslipidemia but are at high risk for medication nonpersistence. |
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