International journal of clinical practice
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Int. J. Clin. Pract. · Mar 2015
Multicenter Study Observational StudyAssociation between concomitant psychiatric drug use, and patients' beliefs about and persistence with chronic cardiovascular medication.
Psychiatric disorders are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases and may result in additional risk of non-adherence. No data on the influence of concomitant psychiatric drug use on patients' beliefs and persistence related to cardiovascular medication are available. The objective of this study was to assess to what extent the use of concomitant psychiatric drugs is associated with patients' beliefs about and persistence with chronic cardiovascular medication. ⋯ Concomitant use of psychiatric drugs was found to be associated with increased beliefs about the necessity of and concerns about cardiovascular medication. Clinicians caring for cardiovascular patients should give additional attention to identifying patients' beliefs about medication among those concomitantly using psychiatric drugs.