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Comparison of Morisky Medication Adherence Scale with therapeutic drug monitoring in apparent treatment–resistant hypertension

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  • معلومة اضافية
    • بيانات النشر:
      eScholarship, University of California, 2015.
    • الموضوع:
      2015
    • نبذة مختصرة :
      The Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS-8) is a questionnaire developed for screening of non-adherence in patients with several chronic conditions, including uncomplicated hypertension. However, its accuracy in predicting non-adherence in patients with apparent treatment-resistant hypertension (a-TRH) is not known. Accordingly, we performed a retrospective study in 47 patients with a-TRH who had completed the eight-item MMAS during the initial clinic visit. Non-adherence was defined as presence of undetected serum levels of at least one prescribed antihypertensive drug by therapeutic drug monitoring. We found that 26% of patients were considered to have low adherence score (
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      public
    • الرقم المعرف:
      edssch.oai:escholarship.org:ark:/13030/qt312699wv