Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban

Hypertension is one of the major public health problems in Malaysia due to its high prevalence (42.6% in 2006), lack of awareness amongst the general population, its poor control and its impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A common reason for inadequate control of hypertension is low a...

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Main Author:	Supian, Azuwana
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica
Online Access:	http://eprints.usm.my/41626/1/AZUWANA_BINTI_SUPIAN.pdf
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spelling	my-usm-ep.416262019-04-12T05:26:57Z Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban 2010-03 Supian, Azuwana RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica Hypertension is one of the major public health problems in Malaysia due to its high prevalence (42.6% in 2006), lack of awareness amongst the general population, its poor control and its impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A common reason for inadequate control of hypertension is low adherence with antihypertensive medicine regimen. Therefore, this research was conducted to assess and evaluate patients’ adherence and to examine the impact of “Pharmacist Homecare Service (PHS)” provision on the patients’ adherence, blood pressure reduction and knowledge among hypertensive patients. 2010-03 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/41626/ http://eprints.usm.my/41626/1/AZUWANA_BINTI_SUPIAN.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Farmasi
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description	Hypertension is one of the major public health problems in Malaysia due to its high prevalence (42.6% in 2006), lack of awareness amongst the general population, its poor control and its impact on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. A common reason for inadequate control of hypertension is low adherence with antihypertensive medicine regimen. Therefore, this research was conducted to assess and evaluate patients’ adherence and to examine the impact of “Pharmacist Homecare Service (PHS)” provision on the patients’ adherence, blood pressure reduction and knowledge among hypertensive patients.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Supian, Azuwana
author_facet	Supian, Azuwana
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title	Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban
title_short	Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban
title_full	Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban
title_fullStr	Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban
title_full_unstemmed	Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban
title_sort	impact of pharmacist homecare service on medication adherence and knowledge among hypertensive patients in seremban
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
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Impact Of Pharmacist Homecare Service On Medication Adherence And Knowledge Among Hypertensive Patients In Seremban

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