Abstract
Socio-demographic profile, lifestyle changes and co-morbid ailments as predictors of medication adherence among hypertensive patients attending federal teaching hospital, ido-ekiti, southwestern, nigeria
Highlights
Hypertension is a global public health importance and a major contributory factor for cardiovascular disease with significant morbidity and mortality [1]
Trading was the predictor of poor medication adherence
Clinicians and other stakeholders should target this set of occupation and provide qualitative health education to improve their medication adherence level
Summary
Hypertension is a global public health importance and a major contributory factor for cardiovascular disease with significant morbidity and mortality [1]. Despite the increasing awareness of the burden of hypertension among the people worldwide, and the improvement in diagnostic and therapeutic interventions with evidence-based reduction of cardiovascular risk, majority of the people blood pressure still remain uncontrolled [3,4]. Reasons for the poorly controlled blood pressure are multi-factorials with poor medication adherence identified as a major modifiable risk factor [4,5]. Recent study conducted by Abegaz et al, revealed that 45.3% of patients with hypertension were non-adherent to their antihypertensive medication, with 62.5% reported among African patients [6]. Consequences of non-adherence ranges from untold financial burden (due to frequent hospitalization and unnecessary change of medication) to reduce quality of life of the patient and treatment withdrawal [5,7]. Non-adherence to anti-hypertensive medications is a modifiable risk factor for uncontrolled hypertension. Despite the availability of tolerable antihypertensive drugs, majority of patients are still not adherent to their medications
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