High Burden and Trend in Nonadherence to Blood Pressure‐Lowering Medications: Meta‐Analysis of Data From Over 34 000 Adults With Hypertension in Sub‐Saharan Africa

High Burden and Trend in Nonadherence to Blood Pressure‐Lowering Medications: Meta‐Analysis of Data From Over 34 000 Adults With Hypertension in Sub‐Saharan Africa

Background Nonadherence to blood pressure (BP)‐lowering medication is a strong predictor of poor BP control. Sub‐Saharan Africa has extremely low BP control rates (~10%), but it is unclear what the burden of medication nonadherence among Africans with hypertension is. This systematic review estimate...

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Main Authors: Leopold N. Aminde, Valirie N. Agbor, Noah T. Fongwen, Calypse A. Ngwasiri, Clovis Nkoke, Miriam A. Nji, Anastase Dzudie, Aletta E. Schutte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
Africa
determinants
hypertension
medication adherence
systematic review
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.124.037555
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