title: [Drug-taking behavior of workers with hypertension in the health service of the Wismut public health district].
abstract: In 353 workers with a medicamentously stabilized high blood pressure following an educational lecture on hypertension the compliance was determined by means of a patients' questionnaire. Circa 70% of the hypertensives reported to take regularly the medicaments prescribed, in which cases approximately 50% admitted to discontinue the taking of medicaments without having conferred with the attending physician when the well-being was disturbed. As essential factors influencing the compliance 4 features were determined: the opinion concerning the duration of the treatment of hypertension, the attitude to the prescription of medicaments, the frequency of taking the tablets and the observation of the terms of control of blood pressure, whereas, for instance, age, working place, professional activity and shift work had no remarkable influence. Before long an improvement of the compliance can be achieved by the decrease of the information deficit proved and by an improved motivation in form of the group therapy. A necessary prerequisite is the complete registration and comprehensive treatment in the dispensary of the works medical officer with established control terms, short times of waiting and sufficient time for a talk between physician and patient.
authors.affiliation: Gesundheitswesen Wismut, Akademie der Wissenschaften der DDR Berlin-Buch.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zwingenberger
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nestler
authors.forename: H D
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Faulhaber
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Beier
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Selig
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D010349:Patient Compliance; D010353:Patient Education as Topic
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
vernacular_title: Untersuchungen des Medikamenten-Einnahmeverhaltens bei Werktätigen mit Bluthochdruck im Betreuungsbereich des Gesundheitswesens Wismut.