Research Article
A Study on Knowledge, Awareness, and Medication Adherence in Patients with Hypertension from a Tertiary Care Centre from Northern Sri Lanka
Table 3
Patient’s awareness of hypertension.
| Questions | Yes | No | Yes (%) | No (%) |
| Knowing about having hypertension | 261 | 42 | 86.1 | 13.9 | Knowing blood pressure values in diagnosing as hypertension | 75 | 228 | 24.8 | 75.8 | Knowing the values of target personal blood pressure | 175 | 128 | 57.8 | 42.2 | Controlling of blood pressure reduces your complications | 202 | 101 | 66.7 | 33.3 | Uncontrolled hypertension can lead to your organ’s damage | 146 | 157 | 48.2 | 51.8 | Knowing values of blood pressure at recent visit | 84 | 219 | 27.7 | 72.3 | Thinking that HT is curable condition | 284 | 19 | 93.7 | 6.3 | Changing your lifestyle helps to lower your blood pressure | 208 | 95 | 68.6 | 31.4 | Improvement of your blood pressure over the last 12 months | 228 | 75 | 75.2 | 24.8 |
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