ArticleJournal of family medicine and primary care2021
Adherence to antihypertensive therapy and its determinants among patients attending primary care hospitals of Kashmir, India.
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- Preventable Hospitalization and Primary Healthcare Visits Among Hypertensive Patients in Makkah City.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Factors Associated with Medication Compliance among Hypertensive Patients in Barangay Sambag II, Cebu City.Acta medica Philippina · 2025Article
- A cross-sectional study on adherence to treatment and life-style modifications in hypertensive patients attending the urban health centre of a teaching hospital in Hyderabad.Journal of family medicine and primary care · 2023Article
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- Adherence Behaviors and Related Factors Among Elderly Hypertensive Patients in China: Evidence from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Patient preference and adherence · 2023Article
- Factors influencing adherence to non-communicable disease medication in India: secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from WHO - SAGE2.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundAdherence to antihypertensive therapy is an important factor in determining the clinical course of hypertension. This study was planned to estimate adherence to antihypertensive therapy and its determinants among OPD patients attending two primary care hospitals in Kashmir valley.
methodsThis study employed a cross-sectional study design. All subjects who reported to OPD between October and December 2020 and had been prescribed antihypertensive medications for at least 1 year were included. Sociodemographic information was collected on a pretested schedule and adherence to medications was assessed by using the-14 item Hill-Bone HBP Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale (HB-HBP). Mann-Whitney test and Spearman's rank correlation coefficient were used.
resultsA total of 406 subjects were included in the final analysis with a mean age of 58 years for women and 56 years for men. The sample comprised 54% women. More than 60% of subjects were currently married, urban area residents, and belonged to middle strata of social class. The mean score obtained in the HB-MAS (maximum score 56) was 19.26 (SD ± 4.3). Subjects aged 60 years and above, those belonging to lower socioeconomic class, and subjects prescribed three or more drugs with more than once-daily dosing regimen had higher odds of having poor adherence.
conclusionThere is suboptimal adherence among OPD patients at primary care level. There is a need for enhanced counselling regarding medication adherence particularly for elderly, poor, illiterate persons and those prescribed multiple medicines with more than once-daily dosing.
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