Interventional study for the assessment of medication adherence in adult hypertensive out-patients in a tertiary care hospital in rural haryana
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: I10- Essential (primary) hypertension
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2024/08/072120
- Lead Sponsor
- SHKM GMC
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
Patients of Essential Hypertension on oral anti-hypertensive drugs for at least 1 month visiting the medicine OPD of SHKM GMC.
Hypertensive patients on oral anti-hypertensive therapy.
Patients who are willing to give written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients of secondary hypertension
Patients with severe comorbidities or cognitive impairments that may affect their ability to participate effectively
Hypertension patients on injectables.
Patients with psychiatric illness
Critically ill patients.
Pregnant and lactating women.
Patients who are not willing to give written informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To estimate the medication adherence rate among hypertensive patients at SHKM GMC <br/ ><br>2.To evaluate the efficacy of an educational module aimed at enhancing medication compliance among non-adherent patients. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline, After 4weeks, After 8weeks
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.To determine factors linked with adherence to oral antihypertensive medications among hypertensive outpatients at SHKM GMC. <br/ ><br>2.To evaluate the relationship between reduction in blood pressure & adherence to oral antihypertensive medication. <br/ ><br>3.To report Adverse drug Events to oral antihypertensive drugs <br/ ><br>Timepoint: Baseline,4 weeks,8weeks