Affiliations 

  • 1 Lt. Col. (Dr.) V. Supramaniam. Medical Directorate, Ministry of Defence, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Med J Malaysia, 1982 Sep;37(3):249-52.
PMID: 7177007

Abstract

A random sample of 102 hypertensives out of a total of 347 in the Malaysian Armed Forces were studied with regard to patient education, knowledge of hypertension and therapy compliance. It was found that for 53 percent, patient education was unsatisfactory and as a result 67 percent had inadequate knowledge of hypertension. Adherance to therapy - drug intake, weight reduction and cessation of smoking - was poor (more than 59 percent, 96 percent and 70 percent failure respectively). There was no significant difference between asymptomatically and symptomatically detected hypertensives.

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