Factors influencing antihypertensive medication compliance in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 930-937

  Lee, Chien Ying ^a,b   Huang, Chun Che ^c   Shih, Hung Che ^a,b   Huang, Kuang Hua ^d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

antihypertensive drugs; compliance; Hypertension; risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE DRUGS; COMPLIANCE; HYPERTENSION; RISK FACTORS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; OFFICE VISITS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84887065263     PISSN: 20474873     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2047487312451252     Document Type: Article

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