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ORIGINAL RESEARCH article

Front. Public Health
Sec. Public Health Education and Promotion
Volume 12 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1372698
This article is part of the Research Topic Exploring the Interaction between Health-promoting and Health Risk Behaviors in Health, Volume II View all 12 articles

Facilitators of medication adherence in patients with hypertension: a qualitative study

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Zahra Ghaderi Nasab Zahra Ghaderi Nasab Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki *Hamid Sharifi Hamid Sharifi
  • Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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    Hypertension has been identified as the most important risk factor for disability and premature death worldwide. This study aimed to explain the factors that facilitate medication adherence from the perspective of patients with hypertension in southeastern Iran. This qualitative study used conventional content analysis and purposive sampling methods to achieve data saturation, involving 25 participants. Facilitating factors were categorized into two main categories: individual and family factors and organizational support. Individual factors included motivational fears, disease acceptance, healthy lifestyle, disease monitoring, and follow-up. Family factors included family support, while organizational support included governmental support to provide inexpensive medicines, comprehensive healthcare team support, health insurance access, and media training. These factors were identified as essential facilitators that significantly influence appropriate adherence to hypertensive drugs. This study revealed that various factors affected medication adherence in these patients, and efforts should be made to improve hypertension treatment and increase medication adherence. Measures taken to control hypertension are cost-effective to reduce the burden associated with this disease. The findings of this study can be valuable in formulating policies for the treatment and care of hypertension.

    Keywords: Hypertension, Medication Adherence, facilitator, Content Analysis, qualitative study

    Received: 18 Jan 2024; Accepted: 18 Oct 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Ghaderi Nasab, Mangolian Shahrbabaki and Sharifi. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki, Kerman University of Medical Sciences, Kerman, Iran

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