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ReviewGlobal heart2023

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

Jyoti R Sharma, Phiwayinkosi V Dludla, Girish Dwivedi, Rabia Johnson

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Review in Global heart, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
6citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.3field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. Fluctuations in adherence to antihypertensive medication and cardiovascular outcomes: a secondary analysis of the SPRINT trial.Hypertension research : official journal of the Japanese Society of Hypertension · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jyoti R SharmaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-9757-4048
Phiwayinkosi V DludlaBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0001-5965-3610
Girish DwivediMedical School, University of Western Australia, Harry Perkins Institute of Medical Sciences, Fiona Stanley Hospital, Verdun Street, Nedlands WA, 6009, Australia.
Rabia JohnsonBiomedical Research and Innovation Platform, South African Medical Research Council, Tygerberg 7505, South Africa.ORCID 0000-0002-6328-0789
South African Medical Research Council · ZAThe University of Western Australia · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

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.

Indexed as

Antihypertensive AgentsHypertensionBlood PressureHair AnalysisHumansMedication AdherenceAntihypertensive Agentsantihypertensive medicationcompliancedrug/treatment adherencehypertension

Identifiers

PMID36968302
PMCPMC10038111
OpenAlexW4360592236

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