BARRIERS TO OPTIMAL BLOOD PRESSURE CONTROL AMONG ADULT HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS ASSESSMENT OF COMPLIANCE TO TREATMENT
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Keywords
Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Adult Patients, Barriers.
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 which affect the normal blood pressure control.
Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional was carried out at out-Patient department of Shalamar Hospital and completed in 6 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 Shalimar OPD should receive a reminder for their next appointment and diet planner.
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Nasim Rafiq
Ph. D Scholar Nursing, MSN , BSCN , Principal Shalamar College of Nursing Lahore
Yasim Azad
Deputy Director Pakistan Nursing and Midwifery Council, Islamabad
Saira Ali
BSN Nursing Instructor Shalamar College of Nursing Lahore
Amjad Ali
MSN, BSN, Assistant Professor Shalamar College of Nursing Lahore
Arooj Aslam
BSN Student Shalamar College of Nursing;
Saira Munshi
BSN Student Shalamar College of Nursing;
Sara Morris
BSN Student Shalamar College of Nursing
Sana Naz
BSN Student Shalamar College of Nursing;