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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANXIETY, BELIEFS ABOUT MEDICATION AND MEDICATION ADHERENCE...
Coelho, Raquel; Herdeiro, Maria Teresa; Vitória Figueiredo, Isabel; Cabral, Ana C.Introduction: Cardiovascular diseases are a group of pathologies quite prevalent in the Portuguese community. Anxiety disorders, medication adherence and beliefs about medicines are recognized risk factors that affect the control of cardiovascular diseases, and it is therefore important to be evaluated when monitoring these patients. Objectives: This study aimed to identify the existing tools to measure adheren...
ADHERENCE TO ANTIHYPERTENSIVE MEDICATION IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS FOLLOWED IN ...
Pedroso, Diogo; Norberto, Ana; Cabral, Ana; Lavrador, Marta; Castel-Branco, Margarida; Fernandez-Llimos, Fernando; Gonçalves, LinoIntroduction: Heart Failure is a cardiovascular syndrome resulting from a structural and/or functional anomaly of the cardiac muscle, resulting in reduced cardiac output and elevated intracardiac pressures. Adherence to antihypertensive therapy has a major influence on the outcomes of heart failure, not limited only to the treatment of high blood pressure, but also the regulation of the hydro-electrolytic balan...