title: Awareness, treatment adherence and risk predictors of uncontrolled hypertension at a tertiary care teaching hospital in Western India.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Hypertension still remains poorly controlled.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Adequate BP control was achieved in 37.4% of patients and significant attributes for poor control were BMI, marital status, literacy, socioeconomic status, smoking, medication adherence, absence of side effects, number of drugs, number of years on drug therapy and co-morbid conditions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. Electronic address: rahulanna@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Rahul
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Choudhary
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Shashi Mohan
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Dr SN Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Vimla
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kumari
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Sawai Man Singh Medical College, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gautam
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001364:Awareness; D001794:Blood Pressure; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology; D007194:India / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D062606:Tertiary Care Centers; D013997:Time Factors; D016903:Drug Monitoring
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents
keywords: Adherence; Diabetes mellitus; Hypertension