Objectives: To review studies of patient compliance/persistence with cardiovascular or
antidiabetic medication published since the year 2000; to compare the methods used to …

Research on bias in clinical trials may help identify some of the reasons why investigators
sometimes reach the wrong conclusions about intervention effects. Several quality …

This article has been corrected. The original version (PDF) is appended to this article as a
Supplement. Description: The American College of Physicians (ACP) and the American …

Objectives Non-adherence to therapy is an important cause of suboptimal blood pressure
control but few practical tools exist to accurately and routinely detect it. We used a simple …

Achieving optimal outcomes in the treatment of hypertension—a prevalent and largely
asymptomatic disease—necessitates that patients take their medications not only properly …

One of the main reasons why drug adherence remains generally ignored, outside of clinical
trials and prospective surveys, is the lack of reliable, easy to use, and economical methods …

Adherence to treatment is now well recognized as a crucial key in the effectiveness of
antihypertensive drugs; however, it is often overlooked in the management of hypertension …

Background The impact of adherence on outcome for a nonpharmacologic intervention
strategy has not been previously examined. Objective To examine the impact of level of …

Objective (i) To obtain an overview of measured compliance with antihypertensive
medication;(ii) to explore sources of variation in measured compliance percentages …

Background A considerable proportion of cardiovascular events could be attributed to poor
adherence to antihypertensive medications. Adverse effects can be severe enough to affect …