Adherence to hypertension medication: Quantitative and qualitative investigations in a rural Northern Vietnamese community.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The purposes of this study were to assess the adherence to medication of hypertensive patients visiting community health stations in a rural area in Vietnam, to examine the relationship between levels of adherence and cardiovascular risk among hypertensive patients and to further understand factors influencing adherence.

Methods

This study is part of a prospective one-year study conducted on hypertension management in a population aged 35 to 64 years. Data on age, sex, blood pressure and blood test results were collected at baseline. Cardiovascular risk was based on the Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Model for populations in Asia. To calculate medication adherence, the number of days the drug was taken was divided by the number of days since the first day of the p

SUBMITTER: Nguyen TP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5287477 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature