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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 |
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Main Authors: | , , |
Format: | Article |
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. |
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ISSN: | 0002-8703 1097-6744 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.ahj.2005.01.047 |