Adherence to antihypertensive treatment and associated factors among patients on follow up at University of Gondar Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ambaw, Abere Dessie ^a   Alemie, Getahun Asres ^a   Wyohannes, Solomon Meseret ^a   Mengesha, Zelalem Birhanu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863775388     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-282     Document Type: Article

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