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Medication non-adherence as a critical factor in the management of presumed resistant hypertension: a narrative review

EuroIntervention 2014;9:1102-1109. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV9I9A185

Sabina De Geest1,2*, PhD, RN; Todd Ruppar3, PhD, RN; Lut Berben1,2, PhD, RN; Sandra Schönfeld1, BSN; Martha N. Hill4, PhD, RN

1. Institute of Nursing Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland; 2. Center of Health Services and Nursing Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium; 3. School of Nursing, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, USA; 4. Johns Hopkins

Aims: Medication non-adherence is a crucial behavioural risk factor in hypertension management. Forty-three to 65.5% of patients with presumed resistant hypertension are non-adherent.

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