Factors Associated with Adherence to Anti-Hypertensive Treatment in Pakistan
- Hashmi Saman K.
- Afridi Maria B.
- Abbas Kanza
- Sajwani Rubina A.
- Saleheen Danish
- Frossard Philippe M.
- Ishaq Mohammad
- Ambreen Aisha
- Ahmad Usman
DOIAbstract
Poor adherence is one of the biggest obstacles in therapeutic control of high blood pressure. The objectives of this study were (i) to measure adherence to antihypertensive therapy in a representative sample of the hypertensive Pakistani population and (ii) to investigate the factors associated with adherence in the studied population.<0.00001).Similar to what has been reported worldwide, younger age, poor awareness, and symptomatic treatment adversely affected adherence to antihypertensive medication in our population. In contrast, monotherapy reduced adherence, whereas psychosocial factors such as depression showed no association. These findings may be used to identify the subset of population at risk of low adherence who should be target...
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