Analysis of lipid-lowering therapy and factors affecting regularity of statin intake in patients with cardiovascular disease enrolled in the PROFILE registry.

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the quality of lipid-lowering therapy in a cohort of patients with cardiovascular disease enrolled in a Moscow-based registry, and to analyze the factors affecting the regularity of statin administration in this patient category.

Methods: The present study included all patients who successively sought medical advice in the Preventive Pharmacotherapy Department of the Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation between May 1 and December 31, 2011 (n=274). Each patient was given a specially designed questionnaire in order to assess compliance with the prescribed treatment that included the following questions: (1) if they knew, according to the results of previous exams, that they had elevated cholesterol levels (yes, no, don't know); (2) what method of hypercholesterolemia correction they used (diet, medication, physical exercise, or other); (3) if they were taking any statins (regularly, no, irregularly); and (4) if yes, what statin preparation and what dose they were taking.