Self-care and adherence to medication: A survey in the hypertension outpatient clinic

BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Gohar, Faekah ^a   Greenfield, Sheila M ^a   Gareth Beevers, D ^b   Lip, Gregory Y H ^b   Jolly, Kate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; CHINESE DRUG; COD LIVER OIL; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; MULTIVITAMIN; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; SELENIUM; SILICON DIOXIDE; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B GROUP; VITAMIN D;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; GARLIC; HERBAL MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SELF CARE; SELF MEDICATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 40349088966     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726882     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6882-8-4     Document Type: Article

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