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Frequency and predictors of compliance among patients taking antihypertensive medicines.
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- Effect of Mind Mapping Combined With Behavior Rating Scale on Medical Compliance Behavior of Atrial Fibrillation Patients Underwent Radiofrequency Ablation.Brain and behavior · 2025Trial
- Medication adherence and its determinants among non-communicable disease patients in rural area of Bihar, India: Insights for improving treatment outcomes.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2025Article
- Hypertension Control Rate, Associated Factors, Facilitators, and Barriers in Kerala, India: A Mixed-Methods Study.Cureus · 2025Article
- Arabic translation and cultural adaptation of Hill-Bone compliance to high blood pressure therapy scale.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2024Article
- Knowledge, Awareness, and Determinants of Medication Adherence in Hypertensive Patients: A Hospital-Based Cross-sectional Study in North India.Journal of pharmacy & bioallied sciences · 2024Article
- Diabetes Health Literacy, Drug Adherence and Factors Associated with Them among Urban Patients in Kerala, India.Journal of postgraduate medicine education and research : the official journal of Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India · 2023Article
- A Systematic Review of the Hill-Bone Compliance to Blood Pressure Therapy Scale.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Review
- Adherence to antihypertensive therapy and its determinants among patients attending primary care hospitals of Kashmir, India.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2021Article
- The Effect of Social Support on Treatment Adherence in Hypertension in China.Patient preference and adherence · 2021Article
- Prevalence, awareness, treatment, control and correlates of prevalence and control of hypertension among older adults in Kerala: A mixed methods study.Indian heart journalArticle
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Abstract
introductionMedication compliance, an important aspect in the treatment of chronic disease research, is often assessed using pill count method. The patient perception is usually not addressed objectively. The present study was conducted to assess patient cognizance, prevalence and predictors of compliance towards antihypertensive therapy in Indian patients.
methodsAdult patients taking antihypertensive medicines were included from the cardiology and geriatric OPDs of a tertiary care hospital in India. Socio-demographic data and disease awareness information was collected. Hill-Bone high blood pressure compliance scale was administered for compliance score.
resultsFor the 452 participants, mean age was 54.6 ± 13.7 years with approximate 2:1 ratio of males to females. Cronbach's alpha value of 0.7 for Hill Bone compliance scale showed good internal consistency. More than 80% participants had a score of ≥80%, showing good compliance among Indian patients. Factors that were significantly associated with uncontrolled blood pressure with correlation analysis were age, gender and awareness regarding disease.
conclusionThe study suggests that Hill-Bone high blood pressure compliance scale may be useful for assessing compliance in Indian population. An age appropriate intervention for continued compliance should be considered to improve compliance and hence, reduce long term sequelae of hypertension.
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