Investigation of treatment compliance after endovascular procedures in discharged patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans
Wu Lan
Lin Mei
Han Yuehong
Abstract：Objective To investigate the compliance of medication in patients with arteriosclerosis obliterans (ASO) discharged after endovascular procedures,and to find out the reasons of deviation by self-designed questionnaire survey.Methods Seventy-two patients with ASO,discharged after endovascular procedures,were surveyed by self-designed questionnaire during follow-up visit in clinic.Results In the 72 patients investigated,there were 29 cases (40.3％) with good compliance,32 cases (44.4％) with acceptable compliance and 11 cases (15.3％) with poor compliance.The major deviations included discontinuing medication (23 cases,31.9％),decreasing dosage (26 cases,36.1％),increasing dosage (8 cases,11.1％) without authorizationand missing dosage (37 cases,51.4％).There were 3 postoperative serious adverse events caused by medication deviation.Conclusions Patients investigated in the study generally have good compliance of medication.Among the patients with poor compliance,missing dosage is the most common reason for deviation.
Keywords：Arteriosclerosis obliteransInterventional treatmentTreatment compliance
Publication Date：2014-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2026-09-14(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 221-224 )