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Measurement Tools and Utility of Hair Analysis for Screening Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication Cover

Measurement Tools and Utility of Hair Analysis for Screening Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication

Open Access
|Mar 2023

Abstract

Poor adherence to the prescribed antihypertensive therapy is an understated public health problem and is one of the main causes of the high prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa. Medication adherence is vital for the effectiveness of antihypertensive treatment and is key to ameliorating the clinical outcomes in hypertensive patients. However, it has often been ignored because the current methods used to assess medication adherence are not reliable, limiting their utilization in clinical practice. Therefore, the identification of the most accurate and clinically feasible method for measuring medication adherence is critical for tailoring effective strategies to improve medication adherence and consequently achieve blood pressure goals. This review not only explores various available methods for estimating medication adherence but also proposes therapeutic drug monitoring in hair for the measurement of medication adherence to the antihypertensive medication period.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/gh.1191 | Journal eISSN: 2211-8179
Language: English
Submitted on: Aug 12, 2022
Accepted on: Feb 16, 2023
Published on: Mar 22, 2023
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

© 2023 Jyoti R. Sharma, Phiwayinkosi V. Dludla, Girish Dwivedi, Rabia Johnson, published by Ubiquity Press
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