A prescription register incorporated into computerized medical records for patients with hypertension: a new instrument to evaluate medication adherence

To study the validity of a prescription register (PR) incorporated into computerized medical records (CMR) compared with the Morisky-Green test in patients with high blood pressure using anti-hypertensive medication. Cross-sectional study. Primary Care. A total of 252 patients with hypertension usin...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Atención primaria 2011-07, Vol.43 (7), p.336
Hauptverfasser:	Baena-Díez, José Miguel, Gómez-Fernández, Claudia, Vilató-García, Mónica, Vásquez-Lazo, Ernesto Javier, Byram, Alice Olivia, Vidal-Solsona, Marc
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	spa
Schlagworte:	Aged Antihypertensive Agents - therapeutic use Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Hypertension - drug therapy Male Medical Records Systems, Computerized Medication Adherence - statistics & numerical data Surveys and Questionnaires
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Zusammenfassung:	To study the validity of a prescription register (PR) incorporated into computerized medical records (CMR) compared with the Morisky-Green test in patients with high blood pressure using anti-hypertensive medication. Cross-sectional study. Primary Care. A total of 252 patients with hypertension using drug therapy with no changes in drugs or dosage were randomly selected. Descriptive variables, blood pressure, proportion of drug therapy collected from pharmacies according to the PR over 12 months compared with drug therapy prescribed in CMR (poor medication adherence [MA] if
ISSN:	1578-1275
DOI:	10.1016/j.aprim.2010.04.018