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Adherence to postmenopausal hormone
therapy
Title:Adherence to postmenopausal hormone therapy during the year
after the initial
prescription: A population-based study
Author: D. Hill, et al.
Address: Seattle, Washington
Source:American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology 182:270-276
(February) 2000
Summary: Women enrolled in a prepaid health plan participated in a
telephone interview 12 to 15 months after newly initiating use of hormone
replacement therapy to determine adherence to hormone therapy. Women were
questioned as to whether they were still taking the hormones as first prescribed
and reasons for switching or discontinuation. The number continuing the
originally prescribed hormone regimen at 1 year was higher among continuous
combined therapy users (68.9%) than among sequential therapy users (54.4%). Women
who initiated continuous combined therapy were less likely to have switched
regimens (10%) than were sequential users (20.2%) but only somewhat less likely
to have discontinued use (21.2% vs. 25.4%). As a whole, women prescribed
continuous combined therapy were less likely than those prescribed sequential
therapy to quit or switch during the first year. Researchers concluded that
although adherence was higher among women prescribed continuous combined HRT than
sequential therapy, the high level of nonadherence in both groups suggests room
for improvement of menopausal therapies so that women find them acceptable for
sustained use.