Factors Influencing Medication Adherence Among Hypertensive Patients in A Tertiary Care Hospital, Pune, Maharashtra

• Main Authors: Aarti M Nagarkar (Author), Swapnil A Gadhave (Author), Ishor Sharma (Author), Ankita Choure (Author), Donald Morisky (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Medsci Publications, 2013-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Chronic illnesses require long term compliance to treatment for positive health outcome. Objectives of this study were (a) to translate and validate eight item Morisky Medical Adherence Scale (MMAS) and (b) to determine association between patient characteristics and medicine adherence i...