FACTORS RELATED TO TREATMENT COMPLIANCE OF PATIENT HYPERTENSION

Abstract

Objective: To investigate factors related to treatment compliance of patients with hypertension managed at Tri Ton General Hospital. Subjects and methods: Cross-sectional descriptive and analysed study on 236 patients diagnosed with hypertension who were treated outpatient and managed at Tri Ton General Hospital from November, 2019 to April 2020. Results: There was a relationship between education level, marital and family status, economic conditions and adherence to drug treatment in patients (p<0.001). There was a relationship between treatment adherence and support from health workers (p<0.001). There was a relationship between the support of the health workers and reaching the target blood pressure (p<0.001). There was a correlation between adherence to the diet and adherence to some other non-drug regimens (p<0.001). Conclusion: There were correlations between education level, marital and family status, economic conditions, health-care workers and adherence to drug treatment in patients. There was a relationship between the support of the health worker and reaching target blood pressure. Dietary adherence had been associated with adherence to a number of other non- drug regimens.