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| What was Bulpitt et al's methodology? |
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| Review article of research indentifing problems with taking drugs for high blood pressure |
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| What did Bullpitt et al find? |
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Anti-hypertension medication can have many side effects: sleepiness, dizziness, lack of sexual functioning and cognitive functioning, so work and hobbies are curtailed
Curb et al - 8% of males discontinued treatment because of sexual problems
Medical Research Council - 15% paitents withdrawn from taking medication due to side effects |
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| What did Bulpitt et al conclude? |
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| When the costs of taking medicine outweigh the benifits there is less likelihood of the paitent adhering to their treatment |
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| What was Lustman's methodology? |
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| A controlled double-blind study |
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| Who were Lustman's participants? |
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| 60 patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes and diagnosed with depression |
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| What was the procedure in Lustman's study? |
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Patients were assessed for depression using psychometric tests
Adherance to medical regimen measured by GHb levels indicating glycemic control |
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Patients given Fluoxetine reported lower levels of depression
Also had lower levels of GHb indicating improved adherence |
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| What was the aim of Watt's study? |
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| To see if using a funhaler can improve children's adherence to taking asthma medication |
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| Who were the particpants in Watt's study? |
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| 32 Australian children with mean age of 3.2 years |
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| What was Watt's procedure? |
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Each child was given a Breath-a-tech to use for a week and parents given a questionnaire
For the second week children were given a funhaler and parents were given a questionnaire with matched questions |
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| What were Watt's findings? |
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| 38% more parents were found to have medicated their children the previous day when using a funhaler compared to the existing treatment |
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