Pharmacogenomics of Hypertension in Africa: Paving the Way for a Pharmacogenetic‐Based Approach for the Treatment of Hypertension in Africans

JN Katsukunya, ND Soko, J Naidoo… - International Journal …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In Africa, the burden of hypertension has been rising at an alarming rate for the last two
decades and is a major cause for cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality and morbidity …

High burden of non-adherence to blood pressure-lowering medications: meta-analysis of data from over 34,000 adults with hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa

LN Aminde, VN Agbor, NT Fongwen, CA Ngwasiri… - medRxiv, 2024 - medrxiv.org
Introduction: Non-adherence to blood pressure (BP)-lowering medication is a strong
predictor of poor BP control. Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has extremely low BP control rates …

Prescribing pattern of anti-hypertensive medications among hypertensive outpatients at selected hospitals of South Gondar Zone, Amhara, Ethiopia: a hospital based …

TS Yazie, YS Yimer, AM Belete, GT Desta - BMC Pharmacology and …, 2022 - Springer
Background Irrational prescription has a lion share for uncontrolled blood pressure. There is
no study assessing prescription pattern among hypertensive patients at the study sites …

[HTML][HTML] Psychometric properties of the GP-Patient Relationship Questionnaire as an instrument for quality improvement in Germany

NJ Engler, J Steinhäuser, C Strumann - Zeitschrift für Evidenz, Fortbildung …, 2023 - Elsevier
Introduction Since the patient-doctor relationship (PDR) plays a crucial role in patient
primary health care and management, the evaluation of the PDR from both, the patients' and …

[PDF][PDF] Assessing the fidelity and determinants of implementation: A case of active TB case-finding and IPT initiation among PLHIV attending HIV clinics in Ghana

SA Narh-Bana - 2022 - wiredspace.wits.ac.za
Abstract Background. The World Health Organization (WHO) 2021 global TB report, until the
COVID-19 pandemic, reported that TB was above HIV/AIDS as the leading cause of death …

Laboratory changes associated with medication non-adherence in patients with hypertension over six months of the COVID-19 pandemic

SM Chang, YC Chen, CF Hsuan, IC Lu, HY Chuang - medRxiv, 2022 - medrxiv.org
The coexistence of multiple diseases is common in the elderly and often accompanied by
medication non-adherence. This study investigated the relationship between medication …