Barriers To Optimal Blood Pressure Control Among Adult Hypertensive Patients: Assessment Of Compliance To Treatment

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is often silent killer and responsible for roughly half of all strokes and ischemic heart diseases, and it is the leading cause of death worldwide, presenting a challenge to healthcare. So this study was carried out to assess compliance of patients to treatment and find the barriers to optimal Blood Pressure control.

Objectives: To assess the compliance of hypertensive patients towards treatment and to identify barriers that affects the normal blood pressure.

Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional was carried out at out-Patient department of Sheikh Zayed Hospital and completed in 06 months. Convenience sampling technique was used with sample size of 97. A modify questionnaire was used for data collection and analyzed by Chi-Square test to find the significance between a categorical variables.

Result: The finding of this study concluded that most of the patients were females, aged 39 to 50, married, primary level of education and were non-smoker. Regarding to patients compliance toward treatment (64.9%) with good compliance; while (35.1%) participants with poor. The reported mean and standard deviation was 17.87+5.31 with P <0.05.

Conclusion: According to this study major of the patients were with a good compliance toward treatment. Furthermore, barriers that affect the optimal blood pressure control were they forget to get the next appointment; they eat fast food and miss scheduled appointments reported. Study suggested that those who visit Sheikh Zayed Hospital OPD should receive a reminder for their next appointment and diet planner.