Among Indian patients taking antihypertensive medicines, 80.8% demonstrated good treatment compliance on the Hill-Bone scale, with older age being a significant predictor of compliance.
Cross-Sectional (n=452)
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The Hill-Bone compliance scale demonstrates good internal consistency and reveals high compliance rates among Indian hypertensive patients, with age, gender, and awareness predicting uncontrolled blood pressure.
INTRODUCTION: Medication compliance, an important aspect in the treatment of chronic disease research, is often assessed using pill count method. The patient perception is usually not addressed objectively. The present study was conducted to assess patient cognizance, prevalence and predictors of compliance towards antihypertensive therapy in Indian patients. METHODS: Adult patients taking antihypertensive medicines were included from the cardiology and geriatric OPDs of a tertiary care hospital in India. Socio-demographic data and disease awareness information was collected. Hill-Bone high blood pressure compliance scale was administered for compliance score. RESULTS: For the 452 participants, mean age was 54.6 ± 13.7 years with approximate 2:1 ratio of males to females. Cronbach's alpha value of 0.7 for Hill Bone compliance scale showed good internal consistency. More than 80% participants had a score of ≥80%, showing good compliance among Indian patients. Factors that were significantly associated with uncontrolled blood pressure with correlation analysis were age, gender and awareness regarding disease. CONCLUSION: The study suggests that Hill-Bone high blood pressure compliance scale may be useful for assessing compliance in Indian population. An age appropriate intervention for continued compliance should be considered to improve compliance and hence, reduce long term sequelae of hypertension.
Mutneja et al. (Sun,) conducted a cross-sectional in Hypertension (n=452). Antihypertensive medicines was evaluated on Treatment compliance (Hill-Bone scale score ≥80%). Among Indian patients taking antihypertensive medicines, 80.8% demonstrated good treatment compliance on the Hill-Bone scale, with older age being a significant predictor of compliance.