FACTORS AFFECTING THE DEGREE OF ADHERENCE IN CHRONIC TREATMENT OF ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION IN CANTON SARAJEVO
Adherence represents a multidimensional phenomenon that is extremely complex and under the influence of interaction of multiple sets of factors that are professionally known as “dimensions of adherence“. Adherence represents and extremely important and significant factor in the process of medical treatment; however, a complex method of determining the degree of adherence has resulted in an insufficient number of research studies. The majority of studies have taken place in the segment of identification of patient-related barriers, reasons for and factors of non-adherence. The results of research that will be presented below show a significant number of patient-affected factors causing non-adherence.