Evaluación de la adherencia al tratamiento de los pacientes menores de 18 años con fibrosis quística en el Hospital Infantil Dr. Robert Reid Cabral de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana, durante el período febrero-abril 2018

Introduction: cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive disease that affects the cells that produce sweat, mucus and digestive juices. This pathology affects 1 of every 2,000-3,500 live births, being the most frequent of the deadly hereditary diseases in the white population. Objective: to evaluate the adherence to treatment of patients under 18 years of age with cystic fibrosis in the Robert Reid Cabral Children’s Hospital in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, during the period February - April 2018. Material and methods: prospective, descriptive and cross-sectional study in which questionnaires were made to 32 guardians of patients in the pediatric pulmonary service with cystic fibrosis of a hospital. Results: the level of adherence to treatment was low, represented by 41%. The main reason for non-adherence to treatment was the high monetary cost with 61%. Regarding adherence and socioeconomic level, it was shown that the most frequent socioeconomic level was D +, which is in the lower half of the scale and the majority of patients were non-adherent. The preferred treatment route of administration was oral with 78%. Most patients have a low level of knowledge of treatment, represented by 32%. Conclusions: patients had low adherence to treatment due to the high monetary cost of the medications. Most of them preferred orally administered treatments, belonged to the D + socioeconomic level and had low knowledge about the treatment.