Patient-provider communication, self-reported medication adherence, and race in a postmyocardial infarction population.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Our objectives were to: 1) describe patient-reported communication with their provider and explore differences in perceptions of racially diverse adherent versus nonadherent patients; and 2) examine whether the association between unanswered questions and patient-reported medication nonadherence varied as a function of patients' race.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of baseline in-person survey data from a trial designed to improve postmyocardial infarction management of cardiovascular disease risk factors.

Results

Overall, 298 patients (74%) reported never leaving their doctor's office with unanswered questions. Among those who were adherent and nonadherent with their medications, 183 (79%) and 115 (67%) patients, respectively, never left t

SUBMITTER: Zullig LL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4344178 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature