Gaining insight into patients' experience of adherence to hypertensive treatment

• Main Authors: Lee, Khuan, Mohd Yunus,, Loong, Yik Yee, Ahmad, Shamsuddin, Jamil, Zubaidah, Abdul Raman, Rosna
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University Putra Malaysia 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14838/1/Gaining%20Insight%20into%20Patients%E2%80%99%20Experience%20of%20Adherence%20to%20Hypertensive%20Treatment.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/14838/; http://www.medic.upm.edu.my/dokumen/FKUSK1_MJMHS_2010V06N2_OP07.pdf

Hypertension is one of the major risk factors for coronary heart disease and the most important factor for cerebrovascular diseases. Adherence to treatment is a fundamental pre-requisite for therapeutic benefit in hypertensive patients. Adherence is a complex behavioural process that is strongly inf...