作者: Siegenthaler W , Vetter H , Lüscher Tf , Vetter W
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摘要: The management of hypertension is still far from optimal, although safe and effective drugs are available the effectiveness antihypertensive therapy in reducing cardiovascular morbidity well established. Today, low patient compliance one most important therapy-limiting factors hypertension. Although care seems to have improved, possibly due increased knowledge about recent years, 10-15% hypertensives lost follow-up first year therapy, 20-40% patients comply insufficiently with prescribed therapy. In this article magnitude problem drop-outs non-compliance medication, determinants hypertension, models used understand patients' health behaviour reviewed.