Abstract
The problems related to therapeutic adherence are part of a public health problem, because they generate important clinical, economic and biopsychosocial consequences. Poor adherence to medical treatments, particularly psychiatric and psychological treatments, becomes a difficult issue for contemporary public health. Health systems worldwide invest large economic resources in providing health services to the population in order to keep people healthy, cure the disease and reduce their impact through different individual and collective interventions that favor the therapeutic adherence to the treatments. Descriptive cross-sectional study, with quantitative design, non-probabilistic, intentional sampling. 54 patient records were reviewed. An instrument for reviewing medical records was designed, which included different dimensions of adherence to treatment. Descriptive variables were performed, bivariate analysis of variables and binary logistic regression. The percentages of adherence and non-adherence to treatment corresponded to 30% and 70% respectively in the patient population. The variables of age, legal background, polydrug use, time of evolution of mental illness, history of street habitability, intrafamily abuse and history of substance use in the family indicate a greater risk of non-adherence to treatment.
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Public Health Policies and Practices
KEYWORDS
Mental Health, Substance Addiction, Adhesion to Treatment
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