Reliability and Validity of the Amharic Version of the Hill-Bone Adherence to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale Among Ethiopian Hypertensive Patients.

Tsegaab Yoseph YirbaGirma Tekle Gebremariam Tamrat Assefa Tadesse Amsalu DeguDesalew MekonnenGetachew Alemkere

Published in: Patient preference and adherence (2023)

The modified 13-item Amharic version of the HBTS is a reliable and valid tool with adequate psychometric properties. It can be used to assess adherence to antihypertensive medications in Amharic-speaking patients in Ethiopia.

Keyphrases

psychometric properties
hypertensive patients
blood pressure
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
heart rate
newly diagnosed
chronic kidney disease
prognostic factors
peritoneal dialysis
stem cells
type diabetes
insulin resistance
smoking cessation
metabolic syndrome
replacement therapy