Anna Chudiak|Izabella Uchmanowicz|Grzegorz Mazur
Relation between cognitive impairment and treatment adherence in elderly hypertensive patients
background nonadherence medical treatment lack cooperation hypertensive patients 65 years age believed caused number agerelated problems cognitive impairment numerous epidemiological prospective studies demonstrated hypertension remains untreated many years unsuccessfully treated reasons poor compliance adherence patient may lead cognitive impairment objective objective study investigate occurrence cognitive impairment effect treatment compliance adherence elderly hypertensive patients design study analytical crosssectional study patients methods study conducted 300 patients aged 6591 years mean age718 years sd78 years diagnosed hypertension following research tools used 1 hillbone high blood pressure compliance scale hbcs 2 minimental state examination mmse also analyzed medical documentation obtain basic sociodemographic clinical data study approved bioethics committee medical university wroclaw kb1442016 results cognitive impairment occurred 60 patients group 63 patients complied antihypertensive therapy mean score 208 points cognitive impairment strongly correlated total score hbcs questionnaire p 0001 two subscales appointment keeping p 0001 medication taking p 0001 conclusion compliance adherence levels higher patients higher educational level whereas male sex adversely affects treatment adherence elderly hypertensive patients keywords cognitive impairment compliance hypertension old age treatment adherence