Hypertension is defined as systolic blood pressure of 140 mm Hg or above, or diastolic blood pressure of 90 mm Hg or above, or currently taking medication to lower blood pressure (Burt, Gu & Nwankwo, 2014). Hypertension is a chronic medical condition that affects an estimated 67 million American adults and causing about 348,000 American deaths (in 2009) with a total cost to the nation of $47.5 billion annually (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2014). African Americans develop hypertension more often, than whites and Hispanics at an earlier age. Globally, individual diagnosed or on treatment for hypertension is approximated to be as high as 55.5% (Magrin et al., 2014).
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As a future provider, it is paramount that I become aware of the factors that lead patients to non-adherence to treatment of all diseases but for the purpose of this paper I will focus on the Hypertension as a case study. Therefore, the purpose of the paper is to compare and contrasts two different research methodologies addressing the factors leading patients to non-adherence with anti-hypertensive …show more content…
The study period was February 2002 to November 2003 with follow up for 18months after. In contrast to the study by Magrin et al (2014), Morris et al (2006) eligibility was based on been diagnosed with hypertension, the participant was at least 18 years of age, was taking at least one antihypertensive medication, have access to a phone with ability to hear and understand English. The research data were extracted from an electronic medical record system. There are similarity and differences in the two methodologies. Firstly, both methods are similar in that they have target subjects. Why the subject of one study is people, the other focuses on previous studies synthesized to arrive to look at the effect of same study topic in different studies. Second, the studies approaches are different in that one was analysis of analyses while the other is a snap shot in
As a primary contributing factor for first stroke, first heart …show more content…
As a future provider, it is paramount that I become aware of the factors that lead patients to non-adherence to treatment of all diseases but for the purpose of this paper I will focus on the Hypertension as a case study. Therefore, the purpose of the paper is to compare and contrasts two different research methodologies addressing the factors leading patients to non-adherence with anti-hypertensive …show more content…
The study period was February 2002 to November 2003 with follow up for 18months after. In contrast to the study by Magrin et al (2014), Morris et al (2006) eligibility was based on been diagnosed with hypertension, the participant was at least 18 years of age, was taking at least one antihypertensive medication, have access to a phone with ability to hear and understand English. The research data were extracted from an electronic medical record system. There are similarity and differences in the two methodologies. Firstly, both methods are similar in that they have target subjects. Why the subject of one study is people, the other focuses on previous studies synthesized to arrive to look at the effect of same study topic in different studies. Second, the studies approaches are different in that one was analysis of analyses while the other is a snap shot in