Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study on Knowledge, Awareness, and Adherence to Medication among Hypertensive Patients at a Tertiary Care Centre in Colombo District, Sri Lanka

Table 3

The patient’s awareness on hypertension.

Questions	Response	Numbers	Percentage	95%CI
Knowing about diagnosis of HT	Well known	313	81.5	1.18–1.28
	Unsure	53	13.8
	Not known	18	4.7
Knowing the values of BP at diagnosis	Correctly known	95	24.7	2.09–2.25
	Wrongly known	130	33.9
	Not known	159	41.4
Knowing target values of BP	Correctly known	70	18.2	2.25–2.41
	Wrongly known	117	30.5
	Not known	197	51.3
Knowing BP values of last clinic visit	Correctly known	114	29.7	2.0–2.17
	Wrongly known	127	33.1
	Not known	143	37.2
Seriousness of high BP	Very serious	165	42.9	1.61–1.74
	Serious	183	47.7
	Not serious	36	9.4
Importance of medication to control BP	Very important	217	56.5	1.40–1.51
	Important	158	41.1
	Not important	9	2.3
Good BP control reducing complications	Well known	262	68.2	1.37–1.51
	Unsure	73	19.0
	Not known	49	12.8
HT leading to target organ damage	Well known	270	70.3	1.31–1.43
	Unsure	85	22.1
	Not known	29	7.6
Target organ damage	Well known	Unsure	Not known	95% CI
Kidney	216 (56.3%)	71 (18.5%)	97 (25.3%)	1.60–1.78
Heart	327 (85.2%)	30 (7.8%)	30 (7.8%)	1.16–1.27
Brain	255 (66.4%)	76 (19.8%)	76 (19.8%)	1.40–1.55
Eye	215 (56.0)	86 (22.4%)	83 (21.6%)	1.57–1.74