A descriptive study to assess drug compliance among patients with hypertension attending various outpatient departments of a tertiary care hospital of South Mumbai

Abstract

Background: In India, the prevalence of hypertension is significantly increasing, resulting in an epidemic India, a developing nation, has a special issue with treatment compliance, which poses a major danger to morbidity and death. The main objective of the study was to access the drug compliance among patients with hypertension. Results: Out of the 50 study participants, 18 participants (36%) were found to have low adherence to antihypertensive drugs with a score of less than 6, 18 participants (36%) were found to have medium adherence to antihypertensive drugs with a score between 6-8 and 14 participants (28%) were found to have high adherence to antihypertensive drugs with a score of 8 on the Morisky 8-item medication adherence scale.