Abstract
AimsTo explore the risk factors for poor medication adherence in older people with hypertension.DesignA cross‐sectional study.MethodsParticipants were administered with a self‐report questionnaire about their demographic characteristics; additionally, their four‐item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale scores were calculated. The STROBE checklist was applied as the reporting guideline for this study (File S1).ResultsUnivariate analysis indicated that the following five factors were statistically significantly associated with medication adherence: education level (χ 2 = 8.073, p = .045), co‐living (χ 2 = 11.364, p = .010), hypertension complications (χ 2 = 10.968, p = .001), admission blood pressure (χ 2 = 8.876, p = .003), and falls (χ 2 = 6.703, p = .010). Multivariable binary logistic regression analysis showed that there were four statistically significant predictors, such as people who lived with spouses and offspring (OR = 3.004, p = .017), and those who had high admission blood pressure (OR = 1.910, p = .003) had a greater risk of poor medication adherence, whereas those without hypertension complications (OR = 0.591, p = .026) and those without falls (OR = 0.530, p = .046) had a lower risk.Relevance to clinical practiceWe believe that these findings contribute to the identification of high‐risk people with poor adherence, allowing nurses to identify people with poor adherence in a timely manner, and pay attention to the people's medication.
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