TY - JOUR
T1 - Medication adherence in hypertension
AU - Poulter, Neil R.
AU - Borghi, Claudio
AU - Parati, Gianfranco
AU - Pathak, Atul
AU - Toli, Diana
AU - Williams, Bryan
AU - Schmieder, Roland E.
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PY - 2020/4/1
Y1 - 2020/4/1
N2 - : Suboptimal adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major contributor to poor blood pressure control. Several methods, direct or indirect, are available for measuring adherence, including the recently developed biochemical screening, although there is no gold-standard method routinely used in clinical practice to accurately assess the different facets of adherence. Adherence to treatment is a complex phenomenon and several of the barriers to adherence will need to be addressed at the healthcare system level; however, when looking at adherence from a more practical side and from the practitioner's perspective, the patient-practitioner relationship is a key element both in detecting adherence and in attempting to choose interventions tailored to the patient's profile. The use of single-pill combinations enabling simplification of treatment regimen, the implementation of a collaborative team-based approach and the development of electronic health tools also hold promise for improving adherence, and thus impacting cardiovascular outcomes and healthcare costs.
AB - : Suboptimal adherence to antihypertensive medication is a major contributor to poor blood pressure control. Several methods, direct or indirect, are available for measuring adherence, including the recently developed biochemical screening, although there is no gold-standard method routinely used in clinical practice to accurately assess the different facets of adherence. Adherence to treatment is a complex phenomenon and several of the barriers to adherence will need to be addressed at the healthcare system level; however, when looking at adherence from a more practical side and from the practitioner's perspective, the patient-practitioner relationship is a key element both in detecting adherence and in attempting to choose interventions tailored to the patient's profile. The use of single-pill combinations enabling simplification of treatment regimen, the implementation of a collaborative team-based approach and the development of electronic health tools also hold promise for improving adherence, and thus impacting cardiovascular outcomes and healthcare costs.
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U2 - 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002294
DO - 10.1097/HJH.0000000000002294
M3 - Article
C2 - 31834123
AN - SCOPUS:85081091648
VL - 38
SP - 579
EP - 587
JO - Journal of Hypertension
JF - Journal of Hypertension
SN - 0263-6352
IS - 4
ER -