Compliance to antihypertensive therapies among outpatients in a hypertension clinic

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-1-2002

Abstract

Many studies have shown that failure in the conlTol of hypertension with oral antjhypertensivescould be associated with noncompliance. The present study was conducted to assess the compliance rate to antihypertensive therapies and also to detennine factors related to any noncompliance. The study was conducted in a leaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur. Data was collected from patients' medical re

Keywords

Compliance, antihypertensive agent, blood pressure, knowledge

Divisions

fac_med

Publication Title

Journal of the University of Malaya Medical Centre (JUMMEC)

Volume

7

Issue

2

Publisher

Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya

Additional Information

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