Global Burden, Regional Differences, Trends, and Health Consequences of Medication Nonadherence for Hypertension During 2010 to 2020: A Meta‐Analysis Involving 27 Million Patients

• Published in: Journal of the American Heart Association Vol. 11; no. 17; p. e026582
• Main Authors: Lee, Eric K. P., Poon, Paul, Yip, Benjamin H. K., Bo, Yacong, Zhu, Meng‐Ting, Yu, Chun‐Pong, Ngai, Alfonse C. H., Wong, Martin C. S., Wong, Samuel Y. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley 06.09.2022
• Subjects: adherence; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Blood Pressure; Cardiovascular Diseases - drug therapy; compliance; Humans; hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Hypertension - epidemiology; Medication Adherence; meta‐analyses; prevalence; prevalence; hypertension; adherence; compliance; meta‐analyses

Background Nonadherence to antihypertensive medications is the leading cause of poor blood pressure control and thereby cardiovascular diseases and mortality worldwide. Methods and Results We investigated the global epidemiology, regional differences, and trend of antihypertensive medication nonadhe...