Regular blood pressure monitoring, knowledge of medications and dosages, medication availability, and non-Akan ethnicity significantly increased antihypertensive medication adherence, which was 67.8% among adults with hypertension attending a Ghana hospital clinic.
Cross-Sectional (n=292)
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Medication adherence among hypertensive patients in Ghana is moderately high (67.8%) and is strongly driven by patient knowledge, medication availability, and regular blood pressure monitoring.
Effect estimate: aOR 4.395 for knowledge of medications, aOR 5.274 for knowledge of dosage, aOR 4.156 for medication availability, aOR 1.853 for regular BP monitoring, aOR 3.52 for non-Akan ethnicity (95% CI varied per factor; e.g., knowledge of medications OR 4.395 (95% CI 2.532-7.627), dosage 5.274 (3.047-9.131), medication availability 4.156 (1.678-10.295))
Absolute Event Rate: 67.8% vs 32.2%
p-value: p=<0.001 for knowledge factors, 0.001 for availability, 0.012 for BP monitoring, 0.02 for ethnicity
The study revealed a moderately high adherence rate among participants. Continuous efforts to improve drug adherence regular by promoting significant predictors of adherence such as regular BP monitoring, medication availability and other patient-friendly measures are warranted.
Ryabinina et al. (Mon,) conducted a cross-sectional in Adults (mean age 63.1 years) diagnosed with hypertension for at least one year, receiving oral antihypertensive medications, attending a hypertension clinic at Cape Coast Teaching Hospital, Ghana (n=292). Antihypertensive medication adherence vs. Non-adherence was evaluated on Medication adherence rate defined by self-report 'Do you regularly take your medications?' (aOR 4.395 for knowledge of medications, aOR 5.274 for knowledge of dosage, aOR 4.156 for medication availability, aOR 1.853 for regular BP monitoring, aOR 3.52 for non-Akan ethnicity, 95% CI varied per factor; e.g., knowledge of medications OR 4.395 (95% CI 2.532-7.627), dosage 5.274 (3.047-9.131), medication availability 4.156 (1.678-10.295), p=<0.001 for knowledge factors, 0.001 for availability, 0.012 for BP monitoring, 0.02 for ethnicity). Regular blood pressure monitoring, knowledge of medications and dosages, medication availability, and non-Akan ethnicity significantly increased antihypertensive medication adherence, which was 67.8% among adults with hypertension attending a Ghana hospital clinic.