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Barriers to hypertension control

[...]patients often express the desire for considerable benefit before they would accept therapy.19 In a national survey of patients who stopped antihypertensive therapy, patients most commonly reported discontinuing therapy because they believed they were cured (46%) or they thought that their phys...

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Published in:The American heart journal 2005-05, Vol.149 (5), p.785-794
Main Authors: Borzecki, Ann M., Oliveria, Susan A., Berlowitz, Dan R.
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Language:English
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Summary:[...]patients often express the desire for considerable benefit before they would accept therapy.19 In a national survey of patients who stopped antihypertensive therapy, patients most commonly reported discontinuing therapy because they believed they were cured (46%) or they thought that their physician advised them to stop therapy (25%). To date, no intervention has been universally effective in overcoming all the important barriers, even those within a single domain. [...]far, disease management interventions have shown the most potential for overcoming at least some of the important barriers and for improving control; the need to develop innovative interventions that are generalizable and cost-effective remains.
ISSN:0002-8703
1097-6744
DOI:10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.047