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Uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos entre adultos estadounidenses con hipertensión
Qiuping Gu1, Ryne Paulose-Ram, Charles Dillon
1Harris Corporation, Falls Church, VA, USA.
Circulation
|January 5, 2006
Resumen
El uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos aumentó en adultos estadounidenses durante diez años, con más pacientes que usaban múltiples medicamentos. Sin embargo, persisten las disparidades en el acceso y el tratamiento entre los diferentes grupos demográficos.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Medicina Cardiovascular La medicina cardiovascular es una especialidad de la salud.
- Salud Pública La salud pública.
- La farmacoterapia es la farmacoterapia.
Sus antecedentes:
- El manejo de la hipertensión se basa en la terapia farmacológica antihipertensiva.
- Los tratamientos existentes pueden controlar eficazmente la presión arterial alta.
- Este estudio analiza las tendencias en el uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos entre adultos estadounidenses.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Examinar las tendencias en el uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos recetados en adultos estadounidenses.
- Para comparar los patrones de uso de drogas con las pautas establecidas de hipertensión.
- Para identificar las disparidades sociodemográficas en el uso de medicamentos.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis de los datos de las encuestas nacionales de salud y nutrición (1988-1994 y 1999-2002).
- Identificación de adultos hipertensos basados en la presión arterial o el uso de medicamentos.
- Comparación de los patrones de uso de medicamentos entre grupos demográficos y con las directrices de JNC.
Principales resultados:
- El uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos recetados aumentó del 57,3% al 62,9% entre 1988-1994 y 1999-2002.
- El uso múltiple de medicamentos antihipertensivos aumentó significativamente (del 29,1% al 35,8%).
- El uso de medicamentos varió según la edad, el sexo y la raza / etnia, con disparidades persistentes.
Conclusiones:
- El uso de medicamentos antihipertensivos, incluida la politerapia, ha aumentado entre los adultos estadounidenses.
- Sigue habiendo diferencias significativas en el uso de medicamentos basadas en factores sociodemográficos.
- Patrones de tratamiento para condiciones específicas alineadas con las directrices de JNC.
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