Is interview a reliable method to verify the compliance with antihypertensive therapy? An international central-European study

Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1261-1266

  Fodor, George J ^a   Kotrec, Marian ^a   Bacskai, Kinga ^a   Dorner, Thomas ^b   Lietava, Jan ^c   Sonkodi, Sandor ^d   Rieder, Anita ^b   Turton, Penelope ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRATISLAVA   (Slovakia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Compliance; Hypertension; Questionnaire; Work site screening

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AWARENESS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

EID: 20844462103     PISSN: 02636352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hjh.0000170390.07321.ca     Document Type: Conference Paper

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