2014 Articles
Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Medication Nonadherence in Patients With Uncontrolled Hypertension
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is common in primary care patients and is associated with psychological distress, suicide risk, and disability. Posttraumatic stress disorder also increases risk of incident and recurrent cardiovascular events, possibly by reducing medication adherence. Prior studies showing an association between PTSD and medication nonadherence are limited by their use of self-report to measure adherence as PTSD can bias reporting of negative behaviors. We evaluated the association between PTSD and antihypertensive medication adherence using electronic monitoring in primary care patients with uncontrolled hypertension.
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- Title
- JAMA Internal Medicine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.12881
More About This Work
- Academic Units
- Center for Behavioral Cardiovascular Health
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Published Here
- May 2, 2016