Resultados: 2

Systemic Arterial Hypertension in the Emergency Service: medication adherence and understanding of this disease

Objective: to identify the epidemiological profile of hypertension patients, how much they understand about the disease and the rate of adherence to treatment by these patients who had been hospitalized in the Brazilian emergency service. Methods: this cross-sectional study was performed with 116 patient...

Knowledge about hypertension and factors associated with the non-adherence to drug therapy

OBJECTIVES: to identify the degree of knowledge of people with hypertension concerning the disease and to verify the factors associated with the non-adherence to anti-hypertensive drug therapy. METHOD: Cross sectional study, involving 422 people. Data collection took place at their homes, between Decembe...