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Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho

Researcher at Federal University of Alagoas

Publications -  21
Citations -  322

Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho is an academic researcher from Federal University of Alagoas. The author has contributed to research in topics: Randomized controlled trial & Medical prescription. The author has an hindex of 6, co-authored 19 publications receiving 262 citations. Previous affiliations of Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho include Universidade Federal de Sergipe.

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Relação entre a Escala de Adesão Terapêutica de oito itens de Morisky (MMAS-8) e o controle da pressão arterial

Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho, +7 more
- 01 Jul 2012 - 
TL;DR: The diagnosis of non-adherent behavior through the application of MMAS-8 in patients using of antihypertensive medications was predictive of elevated systolic and diastolic BP.
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The 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale: validation of a Brazilian-Portuguese version in hypertensive adults.

Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho, +4 more
- 01 May 2014 - 
TL;DR: Psychometric evaluation of the Portuguese version of the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale indicates that it is a reliable and valid measure to detect patients at risk of non-adherence.
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Improving Post-Discharge Medication Adherence in Patients with CVD: A Pilot Randomized Trial

Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho, +6 more
- 14 Oct 2014 - 
TL;DR: The intervention based on a validated patient self-report instrument for assessing adherence is a potentially effective method to improve adherent behavior and can be successfully used as a tool to guide adherence counseling in the clinical visit.
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Pseudoresistant hypertension due to poor medication adherence

Alfredo Dias de Oliveira-Filho, +5 more
- 15 Mar 2014 - 
TL;DR: It is observed that 152 (43.9%) out of 359 patients did not adhereto antihypertensive therapy; 40 patients (11.1%) met criteria for RHTN, indicating that non-adherence is an important, yet little-known, problem among patients with R HTN.
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'What is not written does not exist': the importance of proper documentation of medication use history.

Carina Carvalho Silvestre, +4 more
- 19 Aug 2017 - 
TL;DR: It is crucial to the improvement of medication use safety that documentation of all drug-related information—even if not directly related to the actual event—become routine practice in health-care organizations, since ‘what is not written does not exist’.