Effect of education through a periodic newsletter on persistence with antihypertensive therapy

Hypertension Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 159-162

  Saito, Ikuo ^a   Saruta, Takao ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antihypertensive therapy; Patient education; Persistence; Survey

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERIODICALS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0037300272     PISSN: 09169636     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1291/hypres.26.159     Document Type: Article

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