Determinants of Medication Adherence to Antihypertensive Medications among a Chinese Population Using Morisky Medication Adherence Scale

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 8; no. 4; p. e62775
• Main Authors: Lee, Gabrielle K. Y., Wang, Harry H. X., Liu, Kirin Q. L., Cheung, Yu, Morisky, Donald E., Wong, Martin C. S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 25.04.2013; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adhesion; Aged; Analysis; Antihypertensive agents; Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use; Antihypertensive drugs; Antihypertensives; Asian People; Biology; Blood pressure; Clinics; Demographics; Drug therapy; Drugs; Female; Health care policy; Health risk assessment; Humans; Hypertension; Hypertension - drug therapy; Male; Medical research; Medication adherence; Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data; Medicine; Medicine, Experimental; Middle Aged; Patient compliance; Patients; Public health; Regression analysis; Studies; China

Poor adherence to medications is one of the major public health challenges. Only one-third of the population reported successful control of blood pressure, mostly caused by poor drug adherence. However, there are relatively few reports studying the adherence levels and their associated factors among...