title: [Compliance in antihypertensive therapy: analyses in scientific articles].
abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate scientific articles published between 1991-1995, in order to identify the compliance in antihypertensive therapy, One hundred seven scientific articles were evaluated. The results showed that 68% were related to patient, 63% to pharmacological treatment, 62% general, 39% non pharmacological treatment, 34% organizational factors, and 8% related to disease. Compliance with antihypertensive therapy was the major challenge of hypertension management and to know how this aspect was focalized in scientific articles possible reduce non compliance in hypertension.
authors.affiliation: Escola de Enfermagem da Universidade de São Paulo, Botucatu.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Sarquis
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Dellácqua
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Gallani
authors.forename: R M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Moreira
authors.forename: S C
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Bocchi
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Tase
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Pierin
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000523:psychology*; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012107:Research Design; D012307:Risk Factors; D012646:Self Administration / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents