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

Abstract

Abstract: Hypertension (HTN) is one of the major public health problems which cause cardiovascular morbidities and mortalities globally. Several evidences on benefits of controlled HTN as well as many other guidelines on detection and management of HTN are present, but still uncontrolled and untreated HTN largely exists in population.Methods: A descriptive cross sectional study was carried out at Hayatabad Medical Complex (HMC) Peshawar Pakistan. The study selected 377 participants by non probability convenient sampling technique to find out barrier to optimal blood control among adult patients visiting to HMC. Adopted questionnaire was used for data collection. Analysis was carried through SPPS version 22.0.Results: In sample of 377 participants, 54.64% were male and 45.36% were female having mean age was 55.28±10.09 years. 66.6 % of the participants did not know about the harmful effects of having high blood pressure. 72.4% participants were often forgetting to take medication and 50.7% stop to take medication without prior consultation.Conclusions: Different barriers to optimal hypertension control were identified which include inadequate knowledge of the consequences of poor HTN control, poor adherence to medication, poor diet management and un-healthy life style.

Key Words: Hypertension, Optimal Control, Life Style, Medication Compliance, Tertiary Care Hospital.