OBJECTIVE: To analyse by means of a group session and postal support the efficacy of health education (HE) on compliance with therapy for light-to-moderate essential @entity101 . DESIGN: Controlled clinical trial with randomised distribution. SETTING: Primary Care. @entity1 : 110 @entity101 @entity1 with new or uncontrolled @entity101 , for whom treatment with @entity21594 as a start or change of medication was indicated. INTERVENTIONS: The @entity1 were split into two groups at random, with observation for six months after inclusion in the study and monthly attendance: 1) Control group (CG) of 55 @entity1 who received HE from their family doctor; 2) Intervention group (IG) of 55 @entity1 controlled. MEASUREMENTS AND RESULTS: @entity1 were defined as compliant if their consumption was 80-110% of what was prescribed. The counting of pills was recorded. Percentages of compliant @entity1 and mean compliance were analysed with the Chi squared and Student's t tests. 109 @entity1 completed, 77 of them @entity1 . Neither group differed as to age, sex, length of evolution, number of diseases or doses of drugs consumed. CONCLUSIONS: Intervening in HE with a group session and postal follow-up is an efficacious measure to improve therapeutic compliance in @entity101 cases.

[Trial of the efficacy of health education programs on therapeutic compliance in arterial XXXX ].

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients', 'PATIENTS', 'people'] @entity21594 :: ('MESH:C052035', 'Chemical') :: ['Trandolapril'] @entity101 :: ('MESH:D006973', 'Disease') :: ['hypertense', 'Hypertension']
@entity101 :: (MESH:D006973,Disease) :: ['hypertension']
