Compliance of antihypertensive drug use in patients with hypertension

VernacularTitle:218例社区高血压患者服用降压药物依从性及其影响因素分析
Author: Wanli JIAO ¹ ; Xiuyan WANG ; Guoyu ZHAO ; Hanjin ZHANG ; Haijing LIU
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1. 063000,唐山市工人医院
Keywords: Hypertension; Antihypertensive drug; Compliance
From: Chinese Journal of Epidemiology 2015;36(10):1069-1071
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To understand the compliance of antihypertensive drug use in patients with hypertension.Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted among 218 patients with hypertension to understand their drug use compliancy and influencing factors,including side effect of the drugs,drug type,educational level,economic status and drug use length.Results The factors including disease course,drug type,drug use length and drug side effects,the economy status,educational level,awareness of hypertension related knowledge and psychological reaction could significantly influence the compliance of antihypertensive drug use.Among the patients surveyed,86.67％ of them with poor drug use compliance had only an educational level less than senior high school,77.33％ had poor awareness of hypertension related knowledge.Conclusion The antihypertensive drug use compliance in patients with hypertension is directly related to the outcome of the disease in clinical treatment.It is necessary to take effective measures to improve the treatment compliance and maintain normal blood pressure level of the patients.