[Therapeutic compliance: another challenge for patients on chronic haemodialysis]

Poor compliance with therapy is frequently encountered in most of patients with chronic diseases. It increases the risk of morbi-mortality and healthcare costs. Patients on chronic haemodialysis often have poor compliance with treatment. This study aims to assess the level of compliance with treatment in our patients on chronic hemodialysis and to identify the predictive factors of poor compliance with treatment. We conducted a cross-sectional study at the Oujda Hospital in November 2011. The compliance with treatment was measured using a questionnaire: the compliance evaluation test (CET) assessed the compliance with medication treatment and diet. A rate of 85% was retained arbitrarily as a threshold for good compliance with treatment. Patient in a zone of partial adherence had a rate between 57% and 85% while a lower rate (57%) indicated poor compliance with treatment. Different demographic and clinicobiologic parameters were analyzed and predictive factors for good and poor compliance with treatment were identified. Our study involved 101 patients on chronic haemodialysis; the sex ratio was 1.2, the average age of patients was 15.6 years. CET showed that 23.4% of patients had good compliance with treatment, 39.4% partial compliance with treatment and 37.2% poor compliance with treatment. Statistical analysis showed that poor compliance with treatment was associated with a lower socio-economic and intellectual status, with co-morbidities and with long term hemodialysis. Good compliance with treatment was observed in very old patients helped by a third person, taking a reduced number of medications, with a higher intellectual level.