Study on Current Situation of the Medication Adherence of 441 Urban Elderly Patients with High Blood Pressure and Influencing Factors
ZONG Ning
Abstract：Objective To investigate the medication adherence status of urban elderly patients with hypertension and analyze the influencing factors. Methods From April 2015 to November 2015, 480 urban elderly patients with high blood pressure were selected to complete the Morisky self-reported medication adherence questionnaires by means of convenience sampling method. Results The medication adherence status of urban elderly patients with high blood pressure needed to be improved and the influencing factors mainly included education background, annual household income, course of disease and complications. Conclusion The medication adher-ence for urban elderly patients with high blood pressure results from a number of factors. Therefore, nursing staffs should conduct indi-vidualized interventions according to the patients’ condition, which can reduce the occurrence of hypertensive complications.
Keywords：hypertensiondrug treatmentcompliancetown
Publication Date：2016-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 37-40 )