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Beliefs about medication in participants with inadequately controlled hypertension – Findings from the STAAB Cohort Study

Tiffe, T.; Gelbrich, G.; Wagner, M.; Morbach, C.; Heuschmann, P.; Störk, S. · Das Gesundheitswesen · 2017 · Heft 8/09 · S. 1 bis 1

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Das Gesundheitswesen
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Tiffe, T.; Gelbrich, G.; Wagner, M.; Morbach, C.; Heuschmann, P.; Störk, S.
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Heft 8/09 / 2017
Jahrgang 79
Seiten
1 bis 1
Erschienen: 2017-09-01 13:00:00
ISSN
0941-3790
DOI
10.1055/s-0037-1605867

Zusammenfassung

Decisions about taking antihypertensive medication as prescribed are likely to be influenced by patients' beliefs about medication. We assessed the influence of selected patient beliefs about medication on blood pressure (RR) control in subjects treated for arterial hypertension. STAAB is a strictly controlled population-based prospective cohort study in inhabitants of Würzburg, aged 30 – 79yrs. Inadequately controlled RR was defined as systolic RR > 140/90 mm/Hg despite antihypertensive medication. We used the BMQ-Specific (Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire) to evaluate the specific necessity of prescribed…

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