ArticleEthnicity & disease2010
Trust in physicians and blood pressure control in blacks and whites being treated for hypertension in the REGARDS study.
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- Pooled it
- Physician communication behaviors and trust among black and white patients with hypertension.Medical care · 2013Trial
- Building Trust in a Newly Established Physician-Patient Relationship: A Scoping Review.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Association of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors With Sociodemographic Characteristics and Health Beliefs Among a Community-Based Sample of African American Adults in Minnesota.Mayo Clinic proceedings · 2022Article
- Self-care management strategies used by Black women who self-report consistent adherence to antihypertensive medication.Patient preference and adherence · 2017Article
- Coronary heart disease risk factors and outcomes in the twenty-first century: findings from the REasons for Geographic and Racial Differences in Stroke (REGARDS) Study.Current hypertension reports · 2015Review
- Characteristics of diabetic patients associated with achieving and maintaining blood pressure targets in the Adherence and Intensification of Medications program.Chronic illness · 2014Article
- Correlates of physician trust among rural older adults with diabetes.American journal of health behavior · 2013Article
- The Association between Trust in Health Care Providers and Medication Adherence among Black Women with Hypertension.Frontiers in public health · 2013Article
- Differential predictors of medication adherence in HIV: findings from a sample of African American and Caucasian HIV-positive drug-using adults.AIDS patient care and STDs · 2012Article
- Patient trust in physicians and adoption of lifestyle behaviors to control high blood pressure.Patient education and counseling · 2012Article
- Discrimination and Medical Mistrust in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Sample of California Adults.Annals of family medicineArticle
- ACOs' Impact on Hospitalization Rates of Rural Older Adults With Diabetes: Early Indications.Family & community healthArticle
- Medication adherence and stroke/TIA risk in treated hypertensives: results from the REGARDS study.Journal of the American Society of Hypertension : JASHArticle
- Race and Sex Differences in Correlates of Systolic Blood Pressure in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.Journal of health disparities research and practiceArticle
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Abstract
objectivesAmong persons treated for hypertension, Blacks are more likely to have uncontrolled blood pressure compared to Whites. Few studies have focused on trust in physicians as a potential contributor to this disparity in blood pressure (BP) control. The primary objective of this study was to assess the relationship between trust in physicians and blood pressure control among Blacks and Whites being treated for hypertension.
designCross-sectional analysis of baseline data collected from the REasons for Geographic And Racial Differences in Stroke cohort, a US national, population-based cohort study. Participants were recruited by telephone from 2003-2007, completed a telephone survey, and had BP measured during an in-home visit.
participants2843 Black and White adults aged > 45 years with treated hypertension.
main outcome measuresUncontrolled blood pressure was defined as systolic blood pressure > 140 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure > 90 mm Hg. For participants with diabetes, renal disease, or self-reported previous myocardial infarction, uncontrolled blood pressure was defined as systolic blood pressure > 130 mm Hg or diastolic blood pressure > 80 mm Hg.
resultsTrust in physicians was not associated with uncontrolled blood pressure in either unadjusted (odd ratio [OR] 1.07; 95% confidence interval [CI) 0.92, 1.25) or adjusted analyses (OR 0.97; 0.83, 1.14). Both Black race (OR 1.58; 1.36, 1.84) and imperfect medication adherence (OR 1.56; 1.31,1.86) were associated with higher odds of uncontrolled blood pressure.
conclusionsTrust in physicians was not related to blood pressure control among Blacks and Whites with treated hypertension in this sample. The racial disparity in blood pressure control was not completely explained by trust in physicians or medication adherence, and a better understanding of the mechanisms leading to this disparity is needed.
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