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...

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Main Authors: Cássia Regina Vancini-Campanharo, Gabriella Novelli Oliveira, Thaisa Fernanda Landim Andrade, Meiry Fernanda Pinto Okuno, Maria Carolina Barbosa Teixeira Lopes, Ruth Ester Assayag Batista
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2015-12-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692015000601149&lng=en&tlng=en