Nonadherence to antihypertensive drugs: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hypertension drives the global burden of cardiovascular disease and its prevalence is estimated to increase by 30% by the year 2025. Nonadherence to chronic medication regimens is common; approximately 43% to 65.5% of patients who fail to adhere to prescribed regimens are hypertensive patients. Nonadherence to medications is a potential contributing factor to the occurrence of concomitant diseases.

Objective

This systematic review applied a meta-analytic procedure to investigate the medication nonadherence in adult hypertensive patients.

Methods

Original research studies, conducted on adult hypertensive patients, using the 8-item Morisky medication adherence scale (MMAS-8) to assess the medication adherence between January 2009 and March 2016 were included.

SUBMITTER: Abegaz TM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5287944 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature