Barriers to adherence and hypertension control in a racially diverse representative sample of elderly primary care patients

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 672-681

  Turner, Barbara J ^a   Hollenbeak, Christopher ^b   Weiner, Mark G ^a   Ten Have, Thomas ^a   Roberts, Craig ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c PFIZER INC   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Aged 70 older; Compliance; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BLOOD PRESSURE; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; ELDERLY CARE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; NEW YORK CITY; ODDS RATIO; PENNSYLVANIA; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70349766397     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1766     Document Type: Article

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