Background Despite robust evidence concerning self-management for some long-term
conditions (LTCs), others lack research explicitly on self-management and, consequently …

This systematic review applied meta-analytic procedures to synthesize medication
adherence interventions that focus on adults with hypertension. Comprehensive searching …

ContextPoor medication adherence diminishes the health benefits of pharmacotherapies.
Elderly patients with coronary risk factors frequently require treatment with multiple …

Background Patients' non-adherence to medical treatment remains a persistent problem.
Many interventions to improve patient adherence are unsuccessful and sound theoretical …

Patient nonadherence is widespread and costly. This paper provides a brief narrative review
of research on (non) adherence and validates a clinically useful three-factor heuristic model …

Objectives: To review studies of patient compliance/persistence with cardiovascular or
antidiabetic medication published since the year 2000; to compare the methods used to …

BACKGROUND Self-monitoring of blood pressure (SMBP) can contribute to reduced blood
pressure in people with hypertension. Potential mediators include increased medication …

Resistant hypertension is defined as failure to achieve goal blood pressure (BP) when a
patient adheres to the maximum tolerated doses of 3 antihypertensive drugs including a …

Low adherence to antihypertensive medication remains a public health challenge.
Understanding barriers to, and determinants of, adherence to antihypertensive medication …

Background Antihypertension medication (antihypertensive) adherence lowers risk of
cardiovascular disease (CVD); few studies have examined this association among older …