1714 ISSN 0326-2383
KEY WORDS:Hypertension, Logistic regression, Medication adherence, Predictors.
* Author to whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail:azmihassali@usm.my
Latin American Journal of Pharmacy
(formerly
Acta Farmacéutica Bonaerense)
Lat. Am. J. Pharm.
30
(9): 1714-9 (2011)
Regular Article Received: August 18, 2011 Revised version: September 3, 2011 Accepted: September 4, 2011
Predictors of Medication Adherence
in a Hypertensive Population of Pakistan
Fahad SALEEM
1, Mohamed A. HASSALI *
1, Asrul A. SHAFIE
1,
Muhammad ATIF
2& George A. AWAD
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Discipline of Social and Administrative Pharmacy,
2
Discipline of Clinical Pharmacy,
School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University Sains Malaysia,11800 Minden, Penang, Malaysia
3University of Toronto, Chief of Psychiatry, Humber River Regional Hospital,
2175 Keele Street, Suite 243A, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
SUMMARY. This study is aimed to explore the predictors of medication adherence in a hypertensive