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Medication adherence: a key factor in achieving blood pressure control and good clinical outcomes in hypertensive patientsMarie Krousel-Wood
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 19:357-62. 2004..Approximately one half of patients with hypertension adhere to prescribed medications, and fewer than one in three patients have controlled blood pressure...- Methods to improve medication adherence in patients with hypertension: current status and future directionsMarie Krousel-Wood
Department of Clinical Outcomes Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Curr Opin Cardiol 20:296-300. 2005..This article reviews the effectiveness of methods to improve antihypertensive medication adherence, discusses the effect of drug benefit caps on compliance, and proposes a framework for future clinical and research directions... 
Medication adherence in older clinic patients with hypertension after Hurricane Katrina: implications for clinical practice and disaster managementMarie A Krousel-Wood
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Am J Med Sci 336:99-104. 2008..In post-disaster situations, additional barriers may reduce antihypertensive medication adherence...- Association of depression with antihypertensive medication adherence in older adults: cross-sectional and longitudinal findings from CoSMOMarie Krousel-Wood
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Ann Behav Med 40:248-57. 2010..Little is known about the associations between depressive symptoms, social support and antihypertensive medication adherence in older adults... 
Hypertension control among newly treated patients before and after publication of the main ALLHAT results and JNC 7 guidelinesMarie Krousel-Wood
Ochsner Clinic Foundation and Tulane University, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 14:277-83. 2012..In this real-world clinic population, antihypertensive treatment was initiated at lower blood pressure levels following publication of ALLHAT and JNC 7, resulting in substantial improvements in hypertension control rates...- Patient and physician satisfaction in a clinical study of telemedicine in a hypertensive patient populationM A Krousel-Wood
Division of Research, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA
J Telemed Telecare 7:206-11. 2001..Patients reported high satisfaction scores for both telemedicine and in-person visits... - Does home-based exercise improve body mass index in patients with type 2 diabetes? Results of a feasibility trialM A Krousel-Wood
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Center for Health Research, New Orleans, LA 70121, United States
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 79:230-6. 2008..This feasibility trial evaluated the use, safety, and short-term benefits of a home-based exercise intervention designed to increase physical activity among adults with diabetes... - New medication adherence scale versus pharmacy fill rates in seniors with hypertensionMarie Krousel-Wood
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Hwy, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Am J Manag Care 15:59-66. 2009..To evaluate the association and concordance of the new 8-item self-report Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS) with pharmacy fill data in a sample of community-dwelling seniors with hypertension... - Barriers to and determinants of medication adherence in hypertension management: perspective of the cohort study of medication adherence among older adultsMarie A Krousel-Wood
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Med Clin North Am 93:753-69. 2009..This article discusses the relevance of this study in addressing the issue of barriers to anithypertensive medication adherence... - Adverse effects of complementary and alternative medicine on antihypertensive medication adherence: findings from the cohort study of medication adherence among older adultsMarie A Krousel-Wood
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA70121, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:54-61. 2010..To determine the association between complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use and antihypertensive medication adherence in older black and white adults... - Predictors of decline in medication adherence: results from the cohort study of medication adherence among older adultsMarie Krousel-Wood
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Center for Health Research, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Hypertension 58:804-10. 2011..Modifiable factors associated with decline were identified. Further research is warranted to determine whether interventions can prevent the decline in antihypertensive medication adherence and improve BP control... - Does waiver of written informed consent from the institutional review board affect response rate in a low-risk research study?Marie Krousel-Wood
Clinical Outcomes Research Department, Research Division, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
J Investig Med 54:174-9. 2006..Requiring written informed consent for a minimal-risk survey may result in limited participation rates... - Reliability of a medication adherence measure in an outpatient settingMarie Krousel-Wood
Research Division, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University Health Sciences Center, School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70121, USA
Am J Med Sci 330:128-33. 2005..The objective of the current study was to determine the reliability of the Hill-Bone Compliance Scale among elderly hypertensive patients... - The effect of education on patients' willingness to participate in a telemedicine studyM A Krousel-Wood
Division of Research, Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation, 1516 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
J Telemed Telecare 7:281-7. 2001..6 (95% confidence interval 1.9-7.0). Educational status should be carefully considered when designing, implementing and interpreting telemedicine studies... - Application of the combined quality improvement ratio in the evaluation of a quality improvement activity in a managed care organizationMarie A Krousel-Wood
Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Division of Research, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Am J Med Qual 18:117-21. 2003..92 [CP] versus 0.38 [RP] and 0.82 [MP]) and a decrease in the confidence interval range (0.97 [CP] versus 2.06 [RP] and 1.14 [MP]). The CQuIR uses a statistically valid approach to increase the data available for the evaluation of QIAs... - Primary prevention of essential hypertensionMarie A Krousel-Wood
Clinical Outcomes Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, 1514 Jefferson Highway, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
Med Clin North Am 88:223-38. 2004.... - Effect of dietary fiber intake on blood pressure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trialJiang He
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
J Hypertens 22:73-80. 2004..To examine the effect of dietary fiber intake on blood pressure (BP)... - Cohort study of medication adherence in older adults (CoSMO): extended effects of Hurricane Katrina on medication adherence among older adultsTareq Islam
Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Am J Med Sci 336:105-10. 2008..The extended effect of Hurricane Katrina on antihypertensive medication adherence is not well characterized... - Health-related quality of life and antihypertensive medication adherence among older adultsElizabeth Winter Holt
Center for Health Research, Ochsner Clinic Foundation, New Orleans, LA, USA
Age Ageing 39:481-7. 2010..We examined the association between HRQOL and antihypertensive medication adherence in older adults... - Prevalence and predictors of poor antihypertensive medication adherence in an urban health clinic settingAmanda D Hyre
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, Department of Epidemiology, Tulane University, and Ochsner Clinic Foundation, Center for Health Research, New Orleans, LA 70121, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 9:179-86. 2007..The current study identified a set of risk factors for poor antihypertensive medication adherence in the urban setting... - Role of exercise for type 2 diabetic patient managementHarry T Pigman
Office of Performance Improvement, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, New Orleans, LA 70031, USA
South Med J 95:72-7. 2002..71 (95% CI, 1.38-5.32) for poor diabetic control compared with patients with exercise. CONCLUSIONS: These findings suggest that exercise by itself is important for type 2 diabetes management... - Medical genetic test reporting for cystic fibrosis (deltaF508) and factor V Leiden in North American laboratoriesHans C Andersson
Human Genetics Program, Hayward Genetics Center, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Genet Med 4:324-7. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: Variability exists in report content among North American laboratories performing CF and fVL testing. Many reports lack information deemed critical by professional guidelines and recommendations... - Accuracy of telemedicine in detecting uncontrolled hypertension and its impact on patient managementAhmed A Abdoh
Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Surgery, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada
Telemed J E Health 9:315-23. 2003..Meanwhile, there was no difference in ordering diagnostic tests or therapeutics detectable between the two encounter types. Telemedicine proved to be a valid means for detecting uncontrolled BP among hypertensive patients... - Beyond Katrina: from crisis to opportunityMarie A Krousel-Wood
Am J Med Sci 336:92-3. 2008