[
    {
        "id": "osp-10070",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Adherence to Medications in Patients with Ischaemic Heart Disease in Oman",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Al-Maskari",
                "given": "Ahmed"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al-Maamari",
                "given": "Qasim"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Abdali",
                "given": "Mariya"
            },
            {
                "family": "Al Shaaibi",
                "given": "Hajer"
            },
            {
                "family": "Nadar",
                "given": "Sunil K."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/ar/articles/adherence-to-medications-in-patients-with-ischaemic-heart-disease-in-oman",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    2025
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journal",
        "volume": "24",
        "issue": "1",
        "page": "109-114",
        "DOI": "10.18295/squmj.7.2023.045",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2075-051X",
        "abstract": "Objectives: This study aimed to evaluate the level of adherence to medication among patients with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in Oman and assess the related factors. Methods: This cross-sectional questionnaire-based study among patients with IHD attending the outpatient clinic at Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman, was performed between January and December 2021. Results: A total of 105 patients (mean age = 49.9 ± 11.1 years, 78.1% male) were recruited. Most of the patients (80%) reported taking the medications by themselves; 77 (73.3%) patients said that over the preceding 2 weeks, they had missed at least 3 doses of their medication. The reasons for missing the medications included forgetting (100%), having to take too many tablets (57%), feeling that the tablets are not effective (48%) and having to take the tablets too often each day (23%). The factors responsible for patients failing to take medications could not be identified. Conclusion: Medication adherence was low among patients with IHD in Oman, with high pill burden being the most common reason for non-adherence. Physicians must bear this in mind when reviewing patients.\n\nKeywords: Cardiovascular Disease; Medication Adherence; Myocardial Infarction; Oman."
    }
]