High persistence of statin use in a Danish population: compliance study 1993-1998.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Several studies have found that compliance with lipid-lowering drug (LLD) treatment is low. However, the results of these studies were based on crude measures of compliance. The aim of this study was to describe compliance with statin treatment by analysing prescription patterns on an individual level in a population-based prescription database over a 6 year period.

Methods

For incident statin users, all prescriptions for statins and drugs indicating cardiovascular disease or diabetes were retrieved from the OPED prescription database covering a population of about 470,000 inhabitants. Treatment was considered discontinued if the interval between two prescriptions exceeded number of tablets prescribed, plus 30 days. Compliance was assessed in terms of persistence and co

SUBMITTER: Larsen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1874277 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature