Compliance of patients after prosthetics mitral double valve mechanical prostheses

Abstract

Objective: to study and compare the influence of such factors as: gender, age, family status, level of education and the frequency of determination of the international normalized ratio (INR) on the compliance of patients after mitral valve replacement (MC) with mechanical prostheses in dynamics - after 6 and 12 months. Materials and methods: it were analyzed data of 260 patients after MC prosthetics with mechanical bicuspid prostheses. The Morisky-Green test was used to assess compliance.Results: the most committed to treatment were female, middle-aged persons with secondary specialized and higher education, as well as married persons. Among patients who monitored INR on a monthly basis, the percentage of compliant patients was higher compared to patients where this indicator was determined less than once a month. The dynamics of a decrease in the number of compliant patients after 12 months of follow-up was established. Conclusions: the data obtained indicate the need to carry out more active work on the formation of compliance with «vulnerable» categories of patients: with men, with elderly and young patients, with persons with secondary education, unmarried. The revealed tendency to decrease compliance after 12 months, regardless of the studied factor, indicates the importance of maintaining compliance in the long-term postoperative period. Also, the data obtained indicate the presence of a relationship between the multiplicity of INR control and compliance.