Antihypertensive medication adherence and blood pressure control in patients with psychotic disorders compared to persons without psychiatric illness.
The authors compared antihypertensive medication adherence and blood pressure control among middle-aged and older outpatients with schizophrenia and related those with psychotic disorders versus persons without any psychiatric illness. A total of 178 subjects were included in the investigation (89 patients with a psychotic disorder and 89 randomly selected, age-matched comparison subjects). Although the two groups had similar antihypertensive medication adherence, the patients with a psychotic disorder were significantly less likely to have had controlled blood pressure during the 1-year study period. The results highlight the need for clinicians to monitor closely the management of medical comorbidity in patients with schizophrenia and related disorders.
Dolder
Christian R
CR
Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, USA.
Furtek
Kari
K
Lacro
Jonathan P
JP
Jeste
Dilip V
DV
D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D039721:Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; D005260:Female; D015438:Health Behavior; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents