Key Message
Developing complex interventions to improve medication adherence in hypertensive patients requires a theoretical framework to increase efficacy. Theoretical frameworks utilized included the predisposing, reinforcing, and enabling constructs in educational diagnosis and evaluation (PRECEDE) model, social cognitive theory (SCT), the transtheoretical model (TTM), motivational interviewing (MI), and information-motivation-behavioral (IMB) skills models as single or combination theories. Research studies applying theoretical frameworks frequently neglect to elucidate the rationale for selecting a specific theory and its underlying mechanisms. Still, most studies that applied theories have successfully enhanced medication adherence. Additional research with a rigorous design and theory is needed to improve medication adherence.
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