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Therapeutic Compliance of Patients with Arterial Hypertension in Primary Care by Mihaela Adela Iancu; Irina-Ioana Mateiciuc; Ana-Maria Alexandra Stanescu; Dumitru Matei; Camelia Cristina Diaconu is a Social Sciences article available to read on EtoBox.
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Background and Objectives: Arterial hypertension remains an important cause of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, despite all the progress made in the methods of diagnosis, monitoring of target organs’ damage and treatment. The main cause of the increased prevalence of uncontrolled blood pressure values is the low compliance to antihypertensive treatment. The objective of our study was to assess the compliance to the treatment of patients diagnosed with arterial hypertension and monitored in a primary care office. Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional, retrospective study included 129 patients, 65.89% (85) women, previously diagnosed with arterial hypertension. Data from the medical files were analyzed, as well as the patients’ answers to a survey of 18 questions regarding arterial hypertension, comorbidities, complications, treatment and awareness of the condition. Results: The study included 129 patients, with a mean age of 66 ± 8 years. The majority of patients were overweight, 55.81% (72 patients), and 10.85% (14 patients) had grade I obesity. Most of the patients, 55.81% (72 patients) were diagnosed with grade III hypertension, while 37.98% (49 patients) were diagnos
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- Author
- Mihaela Adela Iancu; Irina-Ioana Mateiciuc; Ana-Maria Alexandra Stanescu; Dumitru Matei; Camelia Cristina Diaconu
- Publisher
- MDPI AG; Universidade de Sao Paulo Sistema Integrado de Bibliotecas - SIBiUSP; Kauno Medicinos Universitetas; Universidade de Sao Paulo; Kaunas: Lietuvos sveikatos mokslų universitetas, 2011; Kaunas: 2011-2013; Kaunas; [Warsaw]: Lithuanian University of Health Sciences; 2014-2017; Basel: 2018-; Universidade de Sao Paulo, Agencia USP de Gestao da Informacao Academica (AGUIA) (ISSN 2176-7262)
- Published
- 2020
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Social Sciences (Health Sciences)