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Hussam Murad,1,2 Mohammed Basheikh,3 Mohamed Zayed,4,5 Roaa Albeladi,6 Yousef Alsayed6 1Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt; 3Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 4Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; 5Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Menoufia, Egypt; 6Medical Students, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Hussam Murad, Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Rabigh, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, 21589, Saudi Arabia, Tel +966541541341, Fax +966024223031, Email hamurad@kau.edu.saPurpose: Unplanned hospital readmission forms costly, but preventable burdens on healthcare system. This study was designed to evaluate cardiovascular-related readmission rate after discharge of acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients and its relationship with medication adherence at a university hospital, Saudi Arabia.Methods: A total of 370 consecutive patients presenting with ACS were involved. The inclusion criteria were clinical and coronary angiography diagnostic data of ACS. Exclusion criteria included heart valve disease, myocarditis, hepatic disease, and history of acute infection during the previous two weeks. Patients were divided into index admission group (n = 291) and unplanned readmission group (n = 79). Readmission and medication adherence rates were evaluated during 1– 30, 31– 180, 181– 365, and 366– 548 days post-ACS discharge. Medication adherence was estimated with a (yes/no) questionnaire.Results: The overall readmission rate was 21.4%; individual rates were 30.4%, 38.0%, 27.8%, and 3.8% and the overall medication adherence rate was 62.03%, while individual rates were 54.2%, 70.0%, 63.6%, and 33.3% during the four periods, ... |