Medication adherence among patients with apparent treatment-resistant hypertension

Abstract

CRD42016028121.

The prevalence and predictors of resistant hypertension in high‐risk overweight and obese patients: A cross‐sectional study based on the 2017 ACC/AHA guidelines

“…Medication adherence was evaluated through a standard questionnaire asked by the interviewing physician which poses a limitation to the current study. Adherence has complex dynamics and it is difficult to measure, and while questionnaires and pill count are often inaccurate as compared to more sophisticated methods such as drug monitoring in the body fluids or Medication Event Monitoring System which marks the date and time that a medication bottle is opened and closed, simple methods such as questionnaires have the advantage of being more available and accessible in time‐constrained and financially limited settings …”

“…Monitoring System which marks the date and time that a medication bottle is opened and closed, simple methods such as questionnaires have the advantage of being more available and accessible in timeconstrained and financially limited settings. 3,34,35 The strength of this study is the focus on high-risk subjects with through the utilization of medications of complimentary mechanisms, with a special focus on Aldosterone antagonists that have recently gained growing evidence of benefit in the treatment of RH but is still underutilized in clinical practice. 36,37 This study was subject to a number of limitations including the method of out-of-office BP recording utilized in the healthcare center of the study which was HBPM rather that the more ABPM.…”

Bibliometric analysis of global publications in medication adherence (1900–2017)

“…The keywords used in the search strategy were obtained from several previous systematic reviews in the field of medication adherence . The search strategy was based on two queries that were combined together to perform the search.…”

“…The keywords used in the search strategy were obtained from several previous systematic reviews in the field of medication adherence. [21][22][23][24] The search strategy was based on two queries that were combined together to perform the search. The first search query was based on the title search using phrases such as 'medication adherence' or 'adherence to medication'.…”

Medication adherence for resistant hypertension: Assessing theoretical predictors of adherence using direct and indirect adherence measures

“…Furthermore, this work will incorporate expert recommendations (DiMatteo, ; Vrijens, Antoniou, Burnier, de la Sierra, & Volpe, ) to assess adherence using multiple direct and indirect measurement methods (i.e., self‐report, pharmacy refill data, and urine assay). Previous research has suggested that, while measurement type significantly moderates adherence estimates (Durand et al ., ), combining measures of adherence improves measurement sensitivity and increases diagnostic accuracy (Liu et al ., ; Schäfer‐Keller, Steiger, Bock, Denhaerynck, & De Geest, ). Therefore, this study will utilize a composite adherence measure that incorporates both direct and indirect measures of adherence to provide a comprehensive adherence assessment.…”