Persistence with Treatment in Newly Treated Middle-Aged Patients with Essential Hypertension

2 August 2005

journal article
Published by SAGE Publications in Annals of Pharmacotherapy

Vol. 39 (9) , 1401-1408
https://doi.org/10.1345/aph.1e548

Abstract

Antihypertensive agents have been found to decrease morbidity and/or mortality associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD). Surveys have shown that hypertension has been diagnosed in many patients but remains uncontrolled. One factor may be the lack of persistence to treatment.

Keywords

HYPERTENSION
CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
PERSISTENCE WITH TREATMENT
CVD
MORTALITY
NEWLY TREATED
TREATED MIDDLE
SURVEYS

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