Open Access<p>Risk Factors and the Usual Source of Care on Non-Adherence to Antihypertensive Drugs in Immigrants with Hypertension</p>
Author(s) -
Hye-Min Cho,
Seong Jin Jeong,
Cinoo Kang,
HyeRim Kang,
Suhyun Jang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
patient preference and adherence
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.885
H-Index - 48
ISSN - 1177-889X
DOI - 10.2147/ppa.s269008
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , immigration , confidence interval , logistic regression , medical prescription , multivariate analysis , comorbidity , demography , antihypertensive drug , blood pressure , pharmacology , archaeology , sociology , history
Immigrants are vulnerable to suboptimal health care utilization including non-adherence of medication use. Thus, we aimed to identify the potential risk factors of non-adherence and evaluate whether utilizing a usual source of care was associated with medication adherence in immigrants.