In-hospital myocardial infarction and adherence to evidence-based drug therapies: a real-world evaluation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to measure adherence to chronic polytherapy following an acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and to find out associations between adherence and the setting of AMI onset (in vs out of hospital) as well as other determinants.

Design

Retrospective follow-up study.

Setting

Population living in the Lazio Region, Italy.

Participants

This study included 25 779 hospitalised patients with a first diagnosis of AMI in 2012-2016, after the exclusion of those with hospital admission for AMI or related causes in the previous 5 years.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Patients were classified as in-hospital AMI (IH-AMI) or out of hospital AMI (OH-AMI) according to present-on-admission codes. Adherence was measured based on prescription cl

SUBMITTER: Soldati S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7925929 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature