Randomised clinical trial of strategies for improving medication compliance in primary hypertension.
230 Canadian steelworkers with hypertension took part in a randomised trial to see if compliance with antihypertensive drug regimens could be improved. For care and follow-up these men were randomly allocated to see either their own family doctors outside working-hours or industrial physicians during work shifts; the same men were randomly allocated to receive or not receive an educational programme aimed at instructing them about hypertension and its treatment. Surprisingly, the convenience of follow-up at work had no effect upon these men's compliance with antihypertensive drug regimens. Similarly, although men receiving health education learned a lot about hypertension, they were not more likely to take their medicine.
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003256:Community Participation; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008669:Metallurgy; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D009864:Ontario; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010352:Patient Dropouts
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents