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Association of mental health and medication adherence with blood pressure control in primary care patients with hypertension: a cross-sectional study

Hazem A. Sayed Ahmed
1
,
Abdelrahman Elsayed Elbadawy
2
,
Anwar I. Joudeh
3, 4
,
Jaffer Shah
5
,
Nahed Amen Eldahshan
1

  1. Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt
  2. General Authority for Healthcare, Port Said, Egypt
  3. Department of Internal Medicine, Hamad Medical Corporation, Doha, Qatar
  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
  5. Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, USA
Family Medicine & Primary Care Review 2023; 25(3): 322–330
Online publish date: 2023/09/30
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