Study of determinants of nonadherence to anti-hypertensive medications in essential hypertension at a Teaching Hospital in Southern India

• Main Authors: R C Kumaraswamy (Author), Mohamed Murtuza Kauser (Author), M Kasi Jagadeesh (Author), R Uday Kumar (Author), S R Vagesh Kumar (Author), Asfia Afreen (Author), K M Sudha Madhavi (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: Hypertension is a chronic asymptomatic disease, often goes unnoticed for decades before it presents to the medical fraternity with devastating consequences. Low patient adherence is amenable for modification for better control of hypertension, if factors contributing to it are understo...