Medication adherence of patients with peripheral arterial disease to antithrombotic therapy: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Antithrombotic therapy (ATT) prevents atherothrombotic events (AE) in patients with peripheral arterial disease (PAD). However, the benefit may be compromised by poor medication adherence (MA). Therefore, our primary objective was the proportion of patients with PAD with poor MA in literature following patient-reported, pharmacy-reported or laboratory-reported outcome measurements. Poor MA is a combined outcome of primary non-adherence (inability to initiate a prescription), secondary non-adherence (incorrect daily intake) and non-persistence (discontinuation of daily intake).

Design

Systematic review based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses statement.

Data sources

PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane Library were searched from

SUBMITTER: Wegerif EC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11877208 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature