@incollection{,
	
					
					
					30804072AF72A0FF938F287EE826B87E
					10.2147/PPA.S12326.
				,
	author={{Dr. Obed OforiNyarko-Corresponding} and {Dr. YawAdu-Boakye} and {Dr. JoshuaArthur} and {Dr. ClaraNkyi} and {Dr. SolomonGyabaah} and {Dr. Saabea OwusuKonadu}},
	journal={{Global Journal of Medical Research}},
	journal={{GJMR}}2249-46180975-588810.34257/GJMR,
	address={Cambridge, United States},
	publisher={Global Journals Organisation}2154149
}

@incollection{b0,
	
	
		,
	title={{A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990-2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study}}
		,
	author={{
			SSLim
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		10.1016/S0140-6736
	
	
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	journal={{Lancet}}
		
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	year={2010. Dec. 2012}
		
	

}

@incollection{b1,
	
	
		,
	title={{Hypertension}}
		,
	author={{
			NRPoulter
		} and {
			DPrabhakaran
		} and {
			MCaulfield
		}}
		
		
		10.1016/S0140-6736(14)61468-9
	
	
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	journal={{Lancet}}
		
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	year={Aug. 2015}
		
	

}

@incollection{b2,
	
	
		,
	title={{Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Rural and Urban Communities in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries}}
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	author={{
			CKChow
		}}
		10.1001/jama.2013.184182
	
	
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	journal={{JAMA}}
		
			310
			9
			959
			,
	year={Sep. 2013}
		
	

}

@incollection{b3,
	
	
		,
	title={{Epidemic of hypertension in Ghana: a systematic review}}
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	author={{
			WKBosu
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		10.1186/1471-2458-10-418
	
	
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	journal={{BMC Public Health}}
		
			10
			418
			,
	year={Jul. 2010}
		
	

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@book{b4,
	
	
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	title={{Definitions of Adherence, Types of Adherence Problems, and Adherence Rates}}
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	author={{
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	year={2010}
			
		
	

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		} and {
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		} and {
			BLCarter
		}}
		
		
		
		10.1592/phco.30.5.432
	
	
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	journal={{Pharmacotherapy}}
		
			30
			5
			
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	year={May 2010}
		
	

}

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		,
	title={{Medication noncompliance--a thriving problem}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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		,
	title={{Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication in Older Adults With Hypertension}}
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		10.1097/JCN.0000000000000251
	
	
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	year={2016}
		
	

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@book{b8,
	
	
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	title={{Factors Influencing Adherence To Oral Antihypertensive Medication Amongst Patients Attending The Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital}}
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	year={2013. Dec. 30, 2018}
		
	

}

@incollection{b9,
	
	
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	title={{Unaffordable drug prices: the major cause of non-compliance with hypertension medication in Ghana}}
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		} and {
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			JPlange-Rhule
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}

@incollection{b10,
	
	
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	title={{Treatment Compliance among Patients with Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in a Coastal Population of Southern India}}
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		} and {
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			5
			8
			
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	year={Aug. 2014. Jan. 01, 2019}
		
	

}

@incollection{b11,
	
	
		,
	title={{Factors influencing long-term medication non-adherence among diabetes and hypertensive patients in Ghana: A qualitative investigation}}
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		10.1371/journal.pone.0193995
	
	
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			13
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	year={Mar. 2018}
		
	

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@incollection{b12,
	
	
		,
	title={{What determines the duration of patient medication compliance in patients with chronic disease: are we looking in the wrong place?}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		}}
		
		
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	year={Dec. 2011}
		
	

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@incollection{b13,
	
	
		,
	title={{Variations in compliance among hypertensive patients by drug class: implications for health care costs}}
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			19
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@book{b14,
	
	
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			MarionCarroll
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	year={2014. Jan. 01, 2019}
		
	

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@incollection{b15,
	
	
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	title={{Validity and reliability of a self-reported measure of antihypertensive medication adherence in Uganda}}
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@incollection{b16,
	
	
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	title={{The Malaysian Medication Adherence Scale (MALMAS): Concurrent validity using a clinical measure among people with type 2 diabetes in Malaysia}}
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		} and {
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		} and {
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		}}
		
		
		
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@incollection{b17,
	
	
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	title={{Comparison of the 4-item and 8-item morisky medication adherence scale in patients with type 2 diabetes}}
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	journal={{Value Heal}}
		
			17
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	year={May 2014}
		
	

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@book{b18,
	
	
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			GNabi
		} and {
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	year={2015}
		
	

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@incollection{b19,
	
	
		,
	title={{Adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medications and associated factors for hypertensive patients attending chronic follow-up units of selected public hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia}}
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	author={{
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		} and {
			DMengistu
		} and {
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		}}
		
		
		
	
	
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@incollection{b20,
	
	
		,
	title={{Medication adherence among hypertensive patients of primary health clinics in Malaysia}}
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		} and {
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		} and {
			TParaidathathu
		}}
		
		
		10.2147/PPA.S34704
	
	
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	journal={{Patient Prefer. Adherence}}
		
			6
			
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	year={2012}
		
	

}

@book{b21,
	
	
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		} and {
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		} and {
			JKyriopoulos
		}}
		
		
		
		
		,
	title={{Factors affecting adherence to}}
				
	

}