Good knowledge about hypertension is linked to better control of hypertension; A multicentre cross sectional study in Karachi, Pakistan

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 5, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Almas, Aysha ^a   Godil, Saniya Siraj ^a   Lalani, Saima ^a   Samani, Zahra Aziz ^a   Khan, Aamir Hameed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Knowledge; Uncontrolled hypertension

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PAKISTAN; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84867666740     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-5-579     Document Type: Article

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