Open Access<p>Gender Differences in the Associations Between Health Literacy and Medication Adherence in Hypertension: A Population-Based Survey in Heris County, Iran</p>
Author(s) -
Haleh Heizomi,
Zeynab Iraji,
Rogayeh Vaezi,
Devender Bhalla,
Donald E. Morisky,
Haidar Nadrian
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s245052
Subject(s) - medicine , health literacy , socioeconomic status , demography , population , literacy , gerontology , health care , environmental health , sociology , economics , economic growth
We examined the gender-based associations of health literacy (HL) with self-reported medication adherence (MEDA) among patients with primary hypertension (pHTN).