Evaluation of medication adherence on hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital : DOI: https://doi.org/10.54037/WJPS.2021.9908

V. Sasi Kumar; C. Jothimanivannan; T. Sampath Kumar; M. Vanitha

Evaluation of medication adherence on hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54037/WJPS.2021.9908

Authors

V. Sasi Kumar Department of Pharmaceutical Analysis, SS Institute of Pharmacy, Sankari, Salem 637301
C. Jothimanivannan Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SS Institute of Pharmacy, Sankari, Salem 637301
T. Sampath Kumar Department of Pharmacognosy SS Institute of Pharmacy, Sankari, Salem 637301
M. Vanitha Department of Pharmacology, SS Institute of Pharmacy, Sankari, Salem 637301

Keywords:

Hypertension, Medication Adherence, Morisky Scale, Cross-sectional Study

Abstract

The Present study aims to evaluate the Medication Adherence on hypertensive Patients in a tertiary care hospital located in Bhavani. We used descriptive, Cross-sectional study of over 185 patients who were admitted in the period of October 2020 to March2021. The Descriptive Data collection form and Morisky tool were used as the data collection tool. Our study reports that Patient with hypertension have Poor medication adherence so, the pharmacists need to work hard to improve the medication adherence in patients

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Published

2021-09-01

How to Cite

V. Sasi Kumar, C. Jothimanivannan, T. Sampath Kumar, & M. Vanitha. (2021). Evaluation of medication adherence on hypertensive patients in a tertiary care hospital : DOI: https://doi.org/10.54037/WJPS.2021.9908. World Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 9(9), 203–208. Retrieved from https://wjpsonline.com/index.php/wjps/article/view/52