Low literacy is associated with uncontrolled blood pressure in primary care patients with hypertension and heart disease

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 165-170

  McNaughton, Candace D ^a   Jacobson, Terry A ^b   Kripalani, Sunil ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure control; Hypertension control; Literacy; Medication adherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SELF REPORT; UNCONTROLLED BLOOD PRESSURE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CORONARY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECTS; EVALUATION STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CORONARY DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904065485     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2014.05.007     Document Type: Article

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