Survey of patient and physician assessment of a compliance reminder device in the treatment of hypertension

Blood Pressure

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 280-285

  Christensen, Arne ^a,b,c   Christrup, Lona Louring ^a   Fabricius, Paul Erik ^b   Chrostowska, Marzena ^d   Wronka, Michal ^b   Narkiewicz, Krzysztof ^d   Hansen, Ebba Holme ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Bang and Olufsen Medicom A/s ^*  (Poland)

^c Research Center for Quality in Medicine Use (FKL)   (Germany)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Device; Helping Hand; Hypertension; Patient compliance patient adherence; Reminder

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEVICE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; DATA COLLECTION; EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; REMINDER SYSTEMS;

EID: 70450189166     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: 16511999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08037050903289598     Document Type: Article

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