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We compared the recent period (April 1, 2020 through most recently available follow-up: September 30, 2021 for Ontario; March 31, 2021 for Alberta; and March 31, 2022 for Nova Scotia) to the baseline, pre-pandemic period (April 1, 2014 through March 31, 2019). In each province, people aged \u226566 years with a valid health number and corresponding incident prescription were included. For each medication class, adherence in the recent period, defined as \u2265\u20090.80 proportion-of-days-covered (PDC), was compared to the pre-pandemic period using modified Poisson regression with robust error variance, adjusted for patient characteristics. Similarly adjusted Cox proportional hazards models compared hazard of discontinuation over one year of follow-up between the two time periods.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Results<\/strong> \u2014 In the recent period, PDC ranged from 48.9% for dyslipidemia medications in Alberta to 82.2% for anticoagulants in Nova Scotia. Adherence was not different between periods, with the following exceptions: higher adherence in the recent period for antihypertensives (adjusted risk ratios [aRR] 1.08, 95% CI 1.06\u20131.10) and dyslipidemics (aRR 1.07, 95% CI 1.04\u20131.09) in Nova Scotia, and for antihyperglycemics (aRR 1.10, 95% CI 1.08\u20131.14) and anticoagulants (1.15, 95% CI 1.12, 1.18) in Alberta. Adherence was lower in the recent period only for antihypertensives in Alberta (aRR 0.95, 95% CI 0.93, 0.97). One-year rates of discontinuation ranged from 20.9% for anticoagulants in the Alberta recent period to 56.7% for antihypertensives in the Ontario baseline period. The adjusted hazard of discontinuation was lower or unchanged in the recent period for all medication classes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions<\/strong> \u2014 Despite significant health system disruptions since 2020, recent adherence to incident cardiovascular prescriptions was similar or better than before and rates of medication discontinuation were lower. However, interventions are still needed to improve existing, suboptimal adherence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Background \u2014 Health system disruptions since onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have adversely impacted adherence to medications for common cardiovascular risk factors. Methods \u2014 We examined adherence to and discontinuation of incident prescriptions for medications treating hypertension, dyslipidemia, diabetes, and atrial fibrillation in Ontario, Alberta, and Nova Scotia, Canada. 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