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 4

The patient’s medication adherence of hypertension.

Questions	Yes	Response No	Can’t remember	95%CI
Taking drugs regularly till last month	238 (62%)	101 (26.3%)	45 (11.7%)	1.45–1.59
Taking drugs regularly for last 2 weeks	278 (72.4%)	75 (19.5%)	31 (8.1%)	1.32–1.46
Taking drugs regularly yesterday	303 (78.9%)	68 (17.7%)	13 (3.4%)	1.22–1.33
Stopping drugs due to side effects	55 (14.3%)	300 (78.1%)	29 (7.6%)	1.90–2.0
Taking drugs outside home stay	212 (55.2%)	106 (27.6%)	66 (17.2%)	1.80–1.91
Stopping drugs due to normal BP level	85 (22.1%)	272 (70.8%)	27 (7.0%)	1.56–1.72
Forgetting to take drugs in the past	Numbers	Percentage	95% CI
Never	178	46.4	1.77–1.96
Rarely	99	25.8
Sometimes	88	22.9
Frequently	19	4.9