A PROSPECTIVE OBSERVATIONAL STUDY ON THE ASSESSMENT OF MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND COMPLIANCE IN PATIENTS WITH HYPERTENSION IN A TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.48047/Keywords:
Medication Adherence, Compliance, Hill Bone’s High Blood Pressure Compliance Scale.Abstract
Long-term use of pharmacotherapy is quite common in the treatment of chronic illnesses. Although the medications
used in pharmacotherapy are effective in combating disease, however, approximately half of the patients do not
follow the prescriptions properly. Poor medication adherence is caused by a variety of factors, such as low health
literacy, prescription of complex drug regimens, communication gap, suppression of adverse effects, and treatment
with more than one physician.Health-care machinery related such as incompatible timings, limited window of visits
and lack of infrastructure. Due to the complexity and variety of medication adherence barriers, identifying patient
issues and developing solutions to improve adherence must be multifaceted.The present prospective observational
study focuses on estimation of medication adherence and compliance in hypertensive patients using Modified Hill
Bone High Blood Pressure Compliance Scale.Cognitive behaviour, food habits, carelessness, missing scheduled
appointments, using OTC medications were found to be the major factors that affectedpatient’s medication
adherence and compliance.
