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Study about the educational process influence on the hypertension control

A study was carried out with 23 hypertensive individuals after educational process in order to verify the retention of knowledge and its influence on the hypertension control. After drug treatment it was observed that the level of knowledge was inversely proportional to the blood pressure levels.

Hypertension; Patient education


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