Abstract:
The stated goal of this research was to study the degree of adherence to treatment process in patients with different illnesses as hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis and iron deficiency anemia and to identify the most common causes of low adherence to the conducted therapy. The study involved 195 patients with chronic socially significant diseases such as hypertension, rheumatoid arthritis, and iron deficiency anemia. The Moriskey-Green questionnaire was used in the research. The obtained data were processed by the method of variation statistics. This study indicates that the reasons for irregular intake or non-consumption of the drug are the highest proportion of such reasons as the inability to buy the drug in a pharmacy; lack of desire to take the drug constantly; forgetfulness of taking the drug; periodic gaps, the time of admission and their frequency characteristics differ depending on the type of disease.
