Poor adherence to placebo or amiodarone therapy predicts mortality: Results from the CAMIAT study
Poor adherence to placebo or amiodarone therapy predicts mortality: Results from the CAMIAT study
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DOI:
10.1097/00006842-199907000-00023
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发表时间:
1999-07-01
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Dorian, P
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作者:
Irvine, J;Baker, B;Dorian, P
Objective: This study examined the relationship between adherence, mortality, and psychosocial factors. Methods: Subjects were 1141 patients participating in the Canadian Amiodarone Myocardial Infarction Arrhythmia Trial. Poor adherence to study medication (amiodarone or placebo), measured by pill count over 2 years, was defined as the lower 20th percentile of the pill count distribution, Predictors of adherence were also studied and included demographic and cardiac variables and, in a subset of participants (N = 671), measures of depression, distress, hostility, and social support. Results: In survival analysis controlling for cardiac and demographic variables, poor adherence in the placebo and amiodarone groups was associated with an increased risk of sudden cardiac death (relative risk (RR) = 2.11, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.03-4.56, p