Association between knowledge and drug adherence in patients with hypertension in Quetta, Pakistan

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 125-132

  Saleem, F ^a   Hassali, M A ^a   Shafie, A A ^a   Awad, A G ^b   Bashir, S ^c  

^a SCHOOL OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Correlation; Drug adherence; Hypertension; Knowledge

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

EID: 79955935682     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v10i2.66552     Document Type: Article

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