Open AccessDrug compliance among hypertensive patients in Port Harcourt, Nigeria
Author(s) -
Maclean R Akpa,
D I Agomuoh,
O J Odia
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v14i1.37136
Subject(s) - medicine , compliance (psychology) , port harcourt , dosing , blood pressure , antihypertensive drug , patient compliance , emergency medicine , pediatrics , surgery , psychology , social psychology , socioeconomics , sociology
Hypertension contributes significantly to cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Adequate blood pressure control would therefore reduce cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, however adequate blood pressure control requires good treatment compliance.