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 5

The reasons for nonadherence of medication among hypertensive patients.

Reasons	Numbers	Percentage	95%CI
Poor knowledge of HT	77	20.1	1.77–1.86
Poor knowledge of medication	68	17.7	1.79–1.86
Religious beliefs	34	8.9	1.88–1.94
Lack of belief on medication	56	14.6	1.82–1.89
Side effects of medication	61	15.9	1.80–1.88
Forgetfulness	265	69.0	1.26–1.36
Out of supply of medication	51	13.3	1.83–1.90
Cost of medication	39	10.2	1.87–1.93