Population
112 hypertensive subjects with stroke from two Kampala city hospitals, median age 63.5 years.
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Low adherence in Ugandan hypertensive stroke patients signals need for education and cost interventions; cross-sectional data leaves open efficacy on outcomes.
There is a critically low rate of adherence to anti-hypertensive medications (17%) among hypertensive stroke patients in Uganda, driven by lack of knowledge and cost.
Mugwano et al. (2016) studied this question.
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