A Study on Knowledge, Awareness, and Medication Adherence in Patients with Hypertension from a Tertiary Care Centre from Northern Sri Lanka
Table 4
Patient’s drug adherence of hypertension.
Questions
Yes
No
Yes (%)
No (%)
Do you sometimes forget to take your medication?
137
166
45.2
54.8
People sometimes miss taking their medication for reasons other than forgetting. Thinking over the past two weeks, were there any days when you did not take your medication?
86
217
28.4
76.6
Have you ever stopped or taken again medication without telling doctor?
43
260
14.2
85.8
When you leave/travel home, do you sometimes forget to take your medication?
83
220
27.4
72.6
Did you take your medicine yesterday?
246
57
81.2
18.8
When you feel like your health is under control, do you sometimes stop your medication?
47
256
15.5
84.5
Taking tablets every day is really unconvincing for some people. Do you ever feel hassled about sticking to your treatment plan?
46
257
15.2
84.8
How often do you have difficulty remembering to take all your medicine?