Validation of a French Version of the 8-Item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale in Hypertensive Adults

Journal of Clinical Hypertension

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 429-434

  Korb Savoldelli, Virginie ^a,b   Gillaizeau, Florence ^a,c   Pouchot, Jacques ^a   Lenain, Emilie ^a   Postel Vinay, Nicolas ^a   Plouin, Pierre François ^a   Durieux, Pierre ^a,c   Sabatier, Brigitte ^a,b  

^a HÔPITAL EUROPÉEN GEORGES POMPIDOU   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANGIOTENSIN II ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; POTASSIUM SPARING DIURETIC AGENT; THIAZIDE DIURETIC AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORISKY MEDICATION ADHERENCE SCALE 8; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTPATIENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84863500667     PISSN: 15246175     EISSN: 17517176     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-7176.2012.00634.x     Document Type: Article

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