Resultados: 2

Hypertension and diabetes-related morbidity and mortality trends in a municipality in the countryside of São Paulo

Objectives: to identify the main causes for hospital admissions and deaths related to systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus (DM), and to analyze morbidity and mortality trends, in a municipality in São Paulo's countryside, by comparing two three-years periods, 2002 to 2004 and 2010 to 201...

Factors associated to patients' noncompliance with hypertension treatment

Rev. latinoam. enferm; 17 (2), 2009
The greatest challenge posed by Systemic Hypertension (SH) is related to patients' compliance with treatment. Thus, this study aimed to determine attendance of these patients to medical appointments and the percentage of adherence to medication and non-medication regimens, and also identify the main reas...