A Study on Knowledge, Awareness, and Medication Adherence in Patients with Hypertension from a Tertiary Care Centre from Northern Sri Lanka

Table 5

Reasons for nonadherence of drugs.

Reasons	Numbers	(%)
Poor knowledge of disease and ignorance of long term treatment	27	8.9
Religious beliefs and cultural practices	31	10.2
Adverse drug reactions	26	8.6
Patient not believing that health depends on medicine	23	7.6
Worrying about taking medicine	33	10.9
Forgetfulness	70	23.1
Drug out of supply	24	7.9
Poor communication /insufficient patient information	35	11.6
Expenses (doctors’ fees, transport, medicine, and hospitalization)	45	14.9
Interruptions of daily routine	53	17.5
Lack of reminders	35	11.6
Being busy or late for work	36	11.5
Being away on weekend/vacation	23	7.6
Too many medications to take	33	10.5