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Does awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension affect health-related quality of life in older adults?
Does awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension affect health-related quality of life in older adults?
Awareness of hypertension is associated with lower health-related quality of life in older women, an effect that may be partly attributable to the prescription of antihypertensive medications.
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Awareness-related HRQL reductions in women may reflect antihypertensive treatment; hypothesis-generating and should not yet alter screening practices.
Banegas et al. (2006) studied this question.
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