Why the study?
Does treatment by physicians with better medical management and communication ability improve persistence with antihypertensive medication in hypertensive patients?
Population
13,205 hypertensive patients who started antihypertensive medication prescribed by a cohort of 645…
Comparison
Treatment by physicians with higher medical… vs Treatment by physicians with lower medical…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Physician abilities were associated with better antihypertensive persistence; leaves open whether training improves adherence.
Does treatment by physicians with better medical management and communication ability improve persistence with antihypertensive medication in hypertensive patients?
Physicians' medical management and communication abilities, as measured by licensing exams, significantly improve patient persistence with newly prescribed antihypertensive therapy.
Robyn Tamblyn (2010) studied this question.
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