The association between self-perceptions of aging and antihypertensive medication adherence in older Chinese adults

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1113-1120

  Hou, Yunying ^a   Zhang, Dandan ^a   Gu, Jie ^a   Xue, Feng ^a   Sun, Yunjuan ^b   Wu, Qing ^a   Zhao, Xin ^a   Wang, Xiaohua ^a  

^a THE FIRST AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Medication adherence; Self perceptions of aging

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; VERY ELDERLY; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF CONCEPT; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 85013932929     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: 17208319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40520-015-0516-z     Document Type: Article

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