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ArticleJournal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)2022

Drug adherence and psychological factors in patients with apparently treatment-resistant hypertension: Yes but which ones?

Coralie M G Georges, Marco Pappaccogli, Elvira Fanelli, Géraldine Petit, Sabrina Ritscher, Marilucy Lopez-Sublet, Achille Bapolisi, Pierre Wallemacq, Franco Rabbia, Philippe de Timary and 2 more

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Article in Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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6 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 2 institutions in 4 countries.

Coralie M G GeorgesDepartment of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Marco PappaccogliDepartment of Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine and Hypertension Division, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
Elvira FanelliDepartment of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Géraldine PetitAdult Psychiatry Department and Institute of Neuroscience, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Sabrina RitscherInstitute of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Toxicology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Marilucy Lopez-SubletDepartment of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Achille BapolisiAdult Psychiatry Department and Institute of Neuroscience, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Pierre WallemacqClinical Chemistry Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium.
Franco RabbiaDepartment of Medical Sciences, Internal Medicine and Hypertension Division, AOU Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy.
Philippe de TimaryAdult Psychiatry Department and Institute of Neuroscience, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.
Stefan W ToennesInstitute of Legal Medicine, Department of Forensic Toxicology, University Hospital Frankfurt, Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt/Main, Germany.
Alexandre PersuDepartment of Cardiology, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Université Catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-4007-9695
Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc · BEGoethe University Frankfurt · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the study was to assess drug adherence, as well as association of psychological factors with both drug adherence and severity of hypertension in two subtypes of patients with apparently treatment-resistant hypertension (ATRH): younger patients with uncomplicated hypertension (YURHTN) versus patients ≥60-year-old and/or with a history of cardio- or cerebrovascular complication (OCRHTN). Drug adherence was assessed in urine by targeted Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry. The severity of hypertension was assessed by 24-h ambulatory blood pressure adjusted for the number of antihypertensive drugs and for drug adherence. Psychological profile was assessed using five validated questionnaires. The proportion of totally non-adherent patients was three times higher (24.1 vs. 7.1%, P = 0.026) in the YURHTN (n = 54) than in OCRHTN subgroup (n = 43). Independent predictors of drug adherence in YURHTN were ability to use adaptive strategies, male sex and family history of hypertension, accounting for 39% of variability in drug adherence. In the same subgroup, independent predictors of severity of hypertension were somatization and lower recourse to planification, accounting for 40% of variability in the severity of hypertension. In contrast, in the OCRHTN subgroup, independent predictors of drug adherence and severity of hypertension were limited to the number of yearly admissions to the emergency room and the total number of prescribed drugs. In conclusion, poor drug adherence and altered psychological profiles appear to play a major role in younger patients with ATRH devoid of cardiovascular complication. This subgroup should be prioritized for chemical detection of drug adherence and psychological evaluation.

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HypertensionAntihypertensive AgentsBlood PressureBlood Pressure Monitoring, AmbulatoryChromatography, LiquidHumansMaleMedication AdherenceMiddle AgedAntihypertensive Agentsdrug adherencepsychological profileresistant hypertension

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PMID36225118
PMCPMC9659872
OpenAlexW4304823137

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