TY - JOUR
T1 - Hypertension and compliance to treatment in the primary care setting
T2 - Key issues from the literature review
AU - Symvoulakis, Emmanouil K.
AU - Lionis, Christos
PY - 2009/11
Y1 - 2009/11
N2 - The lack of effective hypertension management increases the risk of cardiovascular events. Issues of compliance to antihypertensive treatment are commonly seen as the main cause of not obtaining optimal blood pressure control, despite the availability of clinically well tolerated antihypertensive drug therapies. Our focus will be, therefore, on factors related to patient, physician and health care delivery process reported to influence the adherence to antihypertensive treatment and, subsequently, to affect blood pressure lowering. Research efforts within primary care settings should be accomplished to develop and to implement initiatives that improve the overall management of hypertension and 'primarily' prevent phenomena of insufficient adherence to treatment.
AB - The lack of effective hypertension management increases the risk of cardiovascular events. Issues of compliance to antihypertensive treatment are commonly seen as the main cause of not obtaining optimal blood pressure control, despite the availability of clinically well tolerated antihypertensive drug therapies. Our focus will be, therefore, on factors related to patient, physician and health care delivery process reported to influence the adherence to antihypertensive treatment and, subsequently, to affect blood pressure lowering. Research efforts within primary care settings should be accomplished to develop and to implement initiatives that improve the overall management of hypertension and 'primarily' prevent phenomena of insufficient adherence to treatment.
KW - Compliance
KW - Hypertension
KW - Primary care
KW - Treatment
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=73449129362&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.2174/157340209789587681
DO - 10.2174/157340209789587681
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:73449129362
SN - 1573-4021
VL - 5
SP - 307
EP - 312
JO - Current Hypertension Reviews
JF - Current Hypertension Reviews
IS - 4
ER -