How May Coexisting Frailty Influence Adherence to Treatment in Elderly Hypertensive Patients?

Conclusions: The coexistence of frailty syndrome has a negative impact on the compliance of older patients with hypertension. Diagnosis of frailty and of the associated difficulties in adhering to treatment may allow for targeting the older patients with a poorer prognosis and at risk of complications from untreated or undertreated hypertension and for planning interventions to improve hypertension control. PMID: 30723553 [PubMed]

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Source: International Journal of Hypertension - February 7, 2019 Category: Cardiology Tags: Int J Hypertens Source Type: research