A study on Assessment of adherence to medication among hypertensive patients in rural area, Kancheepuram district, Tamil Nadu.
Journal Title: National Journal of Research in Community Medicine - Year 2017, Vol 6, Issue 0
Abstract
Background: Hypertension is the one of the major preventable non-communicable disease. It exerts a public health burden on cardiovascular diseases, stroke and renal diseases worldwide. The prevalence of hypertension in India is 29.8%. The treatment for hypertension is usually lifelong and this brings about problems regarding patient compliance. So, this study aims at evaluating the treatment adherence for patients with hypertension. Objectives:To assess patient’s adherence to hypertensive treatment and to analyze the association between various socio-demographic factor and adherence to anti- hypertensive treatment. Methods: The study was carried out as a cross sectional study among 430 hypertensive patients, using simple random sampling technique in the field practice area of a medical college. The patient’s adherence was assessed using Morisky’s Scale consisting of 4 questions and the reason for non-adherence was studied. Grading was done based on answers marked and analyzed using SPSS. Results: The prevalence of adherence to hypertensive medication by the patients was found to be 25.1%. Various reasons such as age, female sex, illiteracy and knowledge about normal blood pressure were identified for non-adherence. This study showed a new insight to the problem. Conclusion: The prevalence of patient’s adherence to hypertension management was only 25.1% in this study population. The poor adherence will definitely affect the health of the individual leading to many complications. It is our duty to increase the adherence to medication by addressing the issues through various health programmes and health education.
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Vignesh T. , Gopalakrishnan S. , Umadevi R.
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