COMPLIANCE AND ADHERENCE TO TREATMENT IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS IN TERTIARY CARE HOSPITALS OF LAHORE
Main Author: | Azhar Hussain, Dr. Muhammad Hanif Sultan, Dr. Ammara Habib |
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Format: | Article Journal |
Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2018
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Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/1434363 |
Daftar Isi:
- Objective: To determine that factors that affect compliance and adherence to medications undergoing hypertensive treatment in hypertensive patients. Design: Descriptive type of cross sectional Place and duration of study: It took 8 months starting from 2 August 2017 to 29 March 2018 in Lahore General Hospital, Mayo Hospital Lahore and DHQ Layyah Subjects and Methods: Purposive sample 165 ward patients with questionnaire on sociodemographic and compliance and adherence were filled. Results and Conclusion: Major causes of non-adherent nature were expensive medications, lack of symptoms, lack of money, forgetfulness, lack of awareness due to poor educational status and irregularity in drugs consumptions due to non-serious attitude to the potential harms of the disease. Keywords: Compliance, adherence, medications, forgetfulness