Medication Adherence Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Different Primary Health Centers in Abha, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.
Ashokkumar ThirunavukkarasuAbdullah Naser Abdullah AlshahraniDoaa Mazen Abdel-SalamAhmad Homoud Al-HazmiBashayer Farhan ALruwailiAseel Awad AlsaidanBayapa Reddy NarapureddyAliyah Muteb Al-RuwailiFahad Ghuwayli AljabriRahaf Khalaf AlbalawiKhaled Abdulrahman F AlanaziPublished in: Patient preference and adherence (2022)
The present study revealed that hypertensive patients poorly adhere to their antihypertensive medications. This low adherence is significantly associated with the age, monthly income, people living in rural areas, and married participants. The present study results recommend sustained efforts to implement health education programs and awareness-raising interventions targeted at hypertensive patients.