Review article
Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?
Valerija Bralić Lang
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APA 6th Edition
Bralić Lang, V. (2025). Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?. Medicus, 34. (1. KRM zdravlje), 25-31. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
MLA 8th Edition
Bralić Lang, Valerija. "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?." Medicus, vol. 34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje, 2025, pp. 25-31. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Bralić Lang, Valerija. "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?." Medicus 34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje (2025): 25-31. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
Harvard
Bralić Lang, V. (2025). 'Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?', Medicus, 34.(1. KRM zdravlje), pp. 25-31. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516 (Accessed 05 December 2025)
Vancouver
Bralić Lang V. Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?. Medicus [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 December 05];34.(1. KRM zdravlje):25-31. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
IEEE
V. Bralić Lang, "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?", Medicus, vol.34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje, pp. 25-31, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516. [Accessed: 05 December 2025]
Full text: english pdf 136 Kb
page 25-31
downloads: 22
cite
APA 6th Edition
Bralić Lang, V. (2025). Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?. Medicus, 34. (1. KRM zdravlje), 25-31. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
MLA 8th Edition
Bralić Lang, Valerija. "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?." Medicus, vol. 34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje, 2025, pp. 25-31. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516. Accessed 5 Dec. 2025.
Chicago 17th Edition
Bralić Lang, Valerija. "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?." Medicus 34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje (2025): 25-31. https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
Harvard
Bralić Lang, V. (2025). 'Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?', Medicus, 34.(1. KRM zdravlje), pp. 25-31. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516 (Accessed 05 December 2025)
Vancouver
Bralić Lang V. Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?. Medicus [Internet]. 2025 [cited 2025 December 05];34.(1. KRM zdravlje):25-31. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516
IEEE
V. Bralić Lang, "Why do Patients with Arterial Hypertension not Adhere to Treatment Instructions?", Medicus, vol.34., no. 1. KRM zdravlje, pp. 25-31, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/index.php/338516. [Accessed: 05 December 2025]
Abstract
On average, only 50% of patients with chronic noncommunicable diseases adhere to treatment instructions, and such lower levels of adherence to arterial hypertension treatment are associated with poorer blood pressure control and subsequent adverse outcomes such as stroke, myocardial infarction, heart failure and death. Although medications that effectively control blood pressure and reduce the risk of cardiovascular events are available, uncontrolled blood pressure and poor adherence continue to represent major clinical and public health challenges. The World Health Organization states that increasing the effectiveness of interventions that improve adherence can have a much greater impact on people’s health than the use of new medications. Non-adherence to prescribed antihypertensive treatment has a multifaceted and complex background, and there is wide variation among patients in the causes of non-adherence. Most interventions aim to improve individual factors and empower patients. The patient-physician relationship is often the most important component of treatment, even during periods of poor adherence or when patients transition from adherence to non-adherence over time.
Keywords
arterial hypertension, adherence, persistence, intervention, patient education, patient-physician relationship
Hrčak ID:
338516
URI
https://hrcak.srce.hr/338516
Publication date:
27.10.2025.
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