Interventions to Improve Medication Adherence in Hypertensive Patients: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Current Hypertension Reports

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1-15

  Conn, Vicki S ^a   Ruppar, Todd M ^a   Chase, Jo Ana D ^a   Enriquez, Maithe ^a   Cooper, Pamela S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Medication adherence; Meta analysis; Patient compliance

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DRUG PACKAGING; EFFECT SIZE; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATIONAL INTERVIEWING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PILL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; SAMPLING; SELF CARE; SELF MONITORING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARDIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT RESPONSE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84946913105     PISSN: 15226417     EISSN: 15343111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11906-015-0606-5     Document Type: Review

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