Abstract

Abstract:
Background: Hyperlipidemia is one of the most common chronic diseases. Studies show that many patients have suboptimal adherence to statin medication which leads to serious negative health consequences. This study evaluated the effectiveness of educational intervention in statins-treated hyperlipidemic patients’ adherence to medication and their level of blood lipids.
Material & Methods: In this interventional clinical trial study the group under study included patients with heart disease treated with statins. The studies group had referred to the Hamadan Farshchian Hospital from January 2016 to June 2016. The sample size in this study was 50. The study’s data collection tools included a demographic and Morisky questionnaire as well as the data belonging to the patients’ lipid profile before and after 6 month after intervention. Data were analyzed by SPSS/19 using T-test, Mann-Withney and X2 tests. The level of significance was considered to be less than 0.05.
Results: Data analysis reflects the homogeneity of medication adherence and the levels of lipid profile in both groups before the intervention. Before intervention the medication adherence was not significantly different in both groups (p=0.49) but after intervention the medication adherence increased in the intervention group (p

Key words: Keywords: High blood cholesterol levels, Medication Adherence, Lipids