Medication Adherence Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Different Primary Health Centers in Abha, Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu,1 Abdullah Naser Abdullah Alshahrani,1,2 Doaa Mazen Abdel-Salam,3 Ahmad Homoud Al-Hazmi,1 Bashayer Farhan ALruwaili,1 Aseel Awad Alsaidan,1 Bayapa Reddy Narapureddy,3 Aliyah Muteb AL-Ruwaili,4 Fahad Ghuwayli aljabri,5 Rahaf Khalaf Albalawi,5 Khaled Abdulrahman F Alanazi5 1Department of Community and Family Medicine, College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi Arabia; 2Department of Public Health, Asir Health Affairs, Asir Region, Saudi Arabia; 3Department of Public Health and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt; 4Department of Public Health, Ministry of Health, Jouf Health Affairs, Sakaka, Aljouf, Saudi Arabia; 5College of Medicine, Jouf University, Sakaka, Saudi ArabiaCorrespondence: Ashokkumar Thirunavukkarasu, Email ashokkumar@ju.edu.saBackground and Objectives: Optimal blood pressure control is achieved by medication adherence. This will reduce the risk of associated morbidities and mortalities. The present study aimed to determine medication adherence and its associated factors among hypertensive patients attending different primary health centers (PHC) in Abha, Saudi Arabia (KSA).Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among ten different PHCs in Abha, KSA. Simple random sampling procedure was utilized to choose 400 participants. A structured anonymous questionnaire was used in the present study. Analysis of the data was done using the SPSS program, version 23. A logistic regression statistical test was applied to identify the independent associated factors of medication adherence. Furthermore, we have applied Spearman’s test to find the correlation between overall B-IPQ score and medication adherence score.Results: A total of 400 hypertensive patients responded in the present survey. More than one-third of the participants (36.3%) were in the high adherence category group, while the remaining participants (63.7%) were either low or medium adherence category. The binary logistic