Sarah M. Khayyat|Salwa M. Saeed Khayyat|Raghda S. Hyat Alhazmi|Mahmoud Mohamed|Muhammad Abdul Hadi
Predictors of Medication Adherence and Blood Pressure Control among Saudi Hypertensive Patients Attending Primary Care Clinics: A Cross-Sectional Study
Umm al-Qura University|Ministry of Health|Ministry of Health|Umm al-Qura University|University of Leeds
purpose assess level medication adherence investigate predictors medication adherence blood pressure control among hypertensive patients attending primary healthcare clinics makkah saudi arabia patients methods hypertensive patients meeting eligibility criteria recruited eight primary care clinics january may 2016 study patients completed arabic version morisky medication adherence scale mmas8 eightitem validated selfreported measure assess medication adherence structured data collection form used record patients sociodemographic medical medication data results two hundred four patients 716 females participated study patients mean age 591 sd 122 mean number medication used patients 44 sd 189 half 110 54 patients nonadherent medications mmas score 6 binary regression analysis showed highly adherent patients mmas score 8 five times 491 95ci 1851293 p 001 likely controlled blood pressure compared low adherent patients female gender 040 95 ci 020080 p 001 age 65 years 20 95 ci 1042 p 004 diabetic 025 95 ci 0106 p 004 found independent predictors medication adherence conclusion medication adherence alarmingly low among hypertensive patients attending primary care clinics saudi arabia may partly explain observed poor blood pressure control clear need educate patients importance medication adherence impact improving clinical outcomes future research identify barriers medication adherence among saudi hypertensive patients