July 1, 2001Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy

Patient‐Reported Adherence to Guidelines of the Sixth Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

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Population

821 patients filling antihypertensive drug prescriptions in metropolitan New York area pharmacies

Design

Cross-sectional

Authors

JCJudy ChengUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill MKMichelle M. KalisMassachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences SFStanley FeiferLong Island University

Discussion

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Implication

Suboptimal guideline compliance and adherence persist; leaves open optimal strategies to improve hypertension management.

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Population

821 patients filling antihypertensive drug prescriptions in metropolitan New York area pharmacies

Intervention

Antihypertensive drug therapy

Outcome

Compliance with JNC VI guidelines and patient adherence to antihypertensive drugspatient reported

Both physician compliance with hypertension guidelines and patient adherence to antihypertensive medications are suboptimal, emphasizing the need for ongoing education.

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Cheng et al. (2001) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a735cc54e58671dcf6c2fdf https://doi.org/10.1592/phco.21.9.828.34557

Topics

Hypertension management

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Patient‐Reported Adherence to Guidelines of the Sixth Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Patient‐Reported Adherence to Guidelines of the Sixth Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure

Discussion

Member takes

Implication

Structured PICO

Cite This Study

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