Compliance in elderly hypertensives.
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چکیده
Hypertension is common in the elderly. While it is possible to reduce blood pressure in this age group, the value of such treatment in terms of reduced mortality and morbidity is unknown. The effects of a prescribed regimen depends inter alia on compliance. Therefore, this variable must be taken into account in assessing drug treatment in the elderly hypertensive. In general, the elderly comply well with drug treatment but there are a number of well defined problems in this age group.
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Treated hypertensives with good medication compliance are still in a state of uncontrolled blood pressure in the Japanese elderly.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Journal of hypertension. Supplement : official journal of the International Society of Hypertension
دوره 3 1 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985