Implicit and Explicit Attitudes Toward Antihypertensive Medications Explain Variation in Pharmacy Refill and Self‐Reported Adherence Beyond Traditional Risk Factors: Potential Novel Mechanism Underlying Adherence

Autor: Leslie S. Craig, Erin Peacock, Brice L. Mohundro, Julia H. Silver, James Marsh, Taylor C. Johnson, P. Adam Kelly, Lydia A. Bazzano, Michael Cunningham, Richard E. Petty, Marie Krousel‐Wood
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, Vol 10, Iss 6 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2047-9980
DOI: 10.1161/JAHA.120.018986
Popis: Background In pursuit of novel mechanisms underlying persistent low medication adherence rates, we assessed contributions of implicit and explicit attitudes, beyond traditional risk factors, in explaining variation in objective and subjective antihypertensive medication adherence. Methods and Results Implicit and explicit attitudes were assessed using the difference scores from the computer‐based Single Category Implicit Association Test and the Necessity and Concerns subscales of the Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire, respectively. Antihypertensive medication adherence was measured using pharmacy refill proportion of days covered (PDC: mean PDC, low PDC
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