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Patient Education and Medication Adherence among Hypertensives in a Tertiary Hospital, South Western Nigeria
- Source :
- Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Research and Publications Office of Jimma University, 2020.
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a global health issue among the adult population with high morbidity and mortality rates. Poor adherence to medication is associated with bad outcome of the disease and wastage of health resources. Therefore, this study aims to determine the role of patient education in medication adherence among hypertensives attending tertiary hospitals in Ekiti State, South Western, Nigeria.METHODS: This is a descriptive cross-sectional study involving 420 participants attending Family Medicine Department Clinic of Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ido-Ekiti. Relevant data were collected using semi-structured questionnaire.RESULTS: The mean age of respondents was 60.97 ± 11.28 years, and a slight female preponderance (male: female = 1:1.7 over male). Three hundred and forty nine (83.1%) were married, 273(65.0%) were from a monogamous family and 375(89.2%) had family sizes of more than 4. Ninety four (22.4%) had good knowledge about hypertension, and 257(61.2%) were adherent to their medication. Increased medication adherence proportion was observed as knowledge about hypertension improves. The odds of adherence to treatment among subjects with good knowledge is 2 times (OR = 2.320, 95%CI = 1.164, 4.626) higher than among subjects with poor knowledge.CONCLUSION: The proportion of respondents with good knowledge about hypertension is low. However, the adherence among them to medication is higher and statistically significant. Patient education about the disease and its treatment by primary care physicians can help to improve adherence to medication.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
hypertension
Adult population
Medication adherence
Nigeria
Disease
Medication Adherence
Tertiary Care Centers
High morbidity
Patient Education as Topic
Surveys and Questionnaires
Global health
Medicine
Humans
Forty Nine
adherence
Antihypertensive Agents
Aged
business.industry
Mortality rate
tertiary hospital
General Medicine
Patient education
Middle Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Family medicine
Original Article
medication
Female
business
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 24137170 and 10291857
- Volume :
- 30
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....a2f895c73aa615eba14513354dd6b807