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Antihypertensive medication adherence and associated factors in older adults requiring long-term care: the LIFE Study.

Background Consistent antihypertensive treatment reduces cardiovascular risk, but older adults requiring long-term care (LTC) due to functional impairment may have a diminished ability to adhere to treatment. Objective To examine antihypertensive medication adherence among older adults requiring LTC...

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Published in:Age & Ageing Vol. 55; no. 2; pp. 1 - 12
Main Authors: Sagara, Kumi, Goto, Kenichi, Maeda, Megumi, Oda, Futoshi, Fukuda, Haruhisa
Format: Article
Published: Oxford University Press / USA Feb2026
Subjects:
Japan
Patient compliance
Hypertension
Retrospective studies
Metropolitan areas
Drugs
Activities of daily living
Old age
Hypertension epidemiology
Hypertension risk factors
Risk assessment
Research funding
Vision disorders
Health insurance reimbursement
Long-term health care
Logistic regression analysis
Antihypertensive agents
Functional status
Cardiovascular diseases risk factors
Descriptive statistics
Multivariate analysis
Longitudinal method
Odds ratio
Medical records
Acquisition of data
Medication therapy management
Cognition disorders
Geriatric assessment
Medical care for older people
Deglutition
Hearing disorders
Comparative studies
Confidence intervals
Data analysis software
Paralysis
Health care teams
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