Muhammad Saqlain|Asad Riaz|Muhammad Naeem Malik|Salman Khan|Aziza Ahmed|Sohail Kamran|Hussain Ali
Medication Adherence and Its Association with Health Literacy and Performance in Activities of Daily Livings among Elderly Hypertensive Patients in Islamabad, Pakistan
Quaid-i-Azam University|Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences|Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences|Quaid-i-Azam University|Quaid-i-Azam University|Quaid-i-Azam University|Quaid-i-Azam University
background objective medication nonadherence preventable reason treatment failure poor blood pressure control among hypertensive patients geriatric population owing poor physical activity vulnerable strata objective study investigate medication adherence associated factors among pakistani geriatric hypertensive patients methods crosssectional surveybased study conducted outpatient department cardiac center may 2018 august 2018 universal sampling technique used approach patients 262 eligible consented patients interviewed collect information sociodemographics health diseaserelated characteristics using structured questionnaire morisky levine green test used assessment medication adherence barthel index single item literacy screener sils used measure performance activities daily living health literacy respectively chisquare tests multivariate binary logistic regression analysis performed find factors using spss version 20 results total 262 participants 389 n 102 scored 4 considered adherent 611 n 160 considered nonadherent logistic regression analysis selfreported moderate 3538 p 0009 good subjective health 4249 p 0008 adequate health literacy 3369 p lt 0001 independence performing activities daily living 2968 p 0002 found independent predictors medication adherence among older hypertensive patients conclusion medication adherence among older hypertensive population pakistan alarmingly low clearly requires patientcentered interventions overcome barriers educating importance adherence