Poor medication adherence is a pervasive issue with considerable health and
socioeconomic consequences. Although the underlying reasons are generally understood …

Importance Adherence to long-term therapies in chronic disease is poor. Traditional
interventions to improve adherence are complex and not widely effective. Mobile telephone …

Aims The aim of this study was to determine the extent to which adherence to individual
vascular medications, assessed by different methods, influences the absolute and relative …

The increasing global stroke burden strongly suggests that currently implemented primary
stroke prevention strategies are not sufficiently effective, and new primary prevention …

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the second leading cause of mortality worldwide,
accounting for 17 million deaths in 2013. More than 80% of these cases were in low-and …

Hypertension is one of the most important preventable causes of premature morbidity and
mortality in the world. Many people with hypertension both in developing and developed …

Hypertension is highly prevalent after the age of 65 years affecting more than 60% of
individuals in developed countries. Today, there is sufficient evidence from clinical trials that …

Background: Hypertension is a major health problem in developing and developed
countries, and its increasing epidemy is a serious warning to take more attention to this …

Importance Medication nonadherence, which has been estimated to affect 28% to 31% of
US patients with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes, may be improved by electronic …

Non-adherence to antihypertensive medication is the most important cause of uncontrolled
blood pressure and is influenced by multiple interrelating factors. Understanding the …