[Patient adherence in antihypertensive treatment].
Hypertension is one of the most frequent chronic diseases as well as most important cardiovascular risk factors in developed countries. Blood pressure control to target levels can significantly decrease the risk for development of coronary artery disease, stroke, chronic renal disease and mortality. Adequately maintained blood pressure is very important in high risk patients. In the treatment of hypertension, life style therapy and drug treatment have essential roles. Further, patient adherence plays a significant part of the treatment, too. Importantly, about half of the patients only become adherent to antihypertensive therapy by the end of the first year treatment. Hence, non-adherence of patients is an important cause for resistant hypertension. Adherence is influenced by the complexity of drug regimen and characteristic of drug class, as well as age and gender of patients.
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D000367:Age Factors; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000009:adverse effects*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D004334:Drug Administration Schedule; D004351:Drug Resistance; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D055118:Medication Adherence; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior; D012737:Sex Factors
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
adherence; adherencia; hypertension; hypertoniakezelés; kockázat; persistence; perzisztencia; risk; therapy