Design and validation of a new questionnaire with a gender perspective to measure medication adherence for secondary prevention of ischaemic heart disease: study protocol

Abstract

Introduction and objectives Only about 50% of chronic patients in high-income countries adhere to their treatment. There are methods to measure medication adherence but none of them can be considered optimal. This study will aim to design and validate a questionnaire to measure medication adherence in patients with ischaemic heart disease using a direct method as a gold-standard adherence measure and taking into account the gender perspective. Moreover, the profile of low adherence in these patients will be determined. Methods and analysis First study phase consists on the questionnaire design following the next steps: