Open AccessAdherence treatment factors in hypertensive African American women
Author(s) -
Marie N. Fongwa,
Lorraine S. Evangelista,
Ron D. Hays,
David S. Martins,
David Elashoff,
Marie Cowan,
Donald E. Morisky
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.2008.04.01.157
Subject(s) - medicine , african american , hypertension treatment , blood pressure , depression (economics) , population , physical therapy , environmental health , ethnology , macroeconomics , economics , history
Hypertension among African American women is of epidemic proportions. Nonadherence to treatment contributes to uncontrolled blood pressure in this population. Factors associated with adherence to treatment in African American women are unknown. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with adherence to hypertension treatment in African American women.