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RANDOMISED CLINICAL TRIAL OF STRATEGIES FOR IMPROVING MEDICATION COMPLIANCE IN PRIMARY HYPERTENSION

Abstract

230 Canadian steelworkers with hypertension took part in a randomised trial to see if compliance with antihypertensive drug regimens could be improved. For care and follow-up these men were randomly allocated to see either their own family doctors outside working-hours or industrial physicians during work shifts; the same men were randomly allocated to receive or not receive an educational programme aimed at instructing them about hypertension …

Authors

Sackett D; Gibson E; Taylor DW; Haynes RB; Hackett B; Roberts R; Johnson A

Journal

The Lancet, Vol. 305, No. 7918, pp. 1205–1207

Publisher

Elsevier

Publication Date

5 1975

DOI

10.1016/s0140-6736(75)92192-3

ISSN

0140-6736