Impact of sociodemographic determinants on control in hypertension patients: A community pharmacy-based cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the significant public health issues around the globe. Controlling blood pressure is imperative to stop the progression of hypertension in complicated cardiac problems. Sociodemographic determinants directly affect the control of hypertension in patients. Objective: This study determined the sociodemographic determinants of hypertension in patients to control hypertension. Methods: This cross-sectional observational study determined the effect of sociodemographic determinants on the control of hypertension. A self-prepared and validated data collection tool was utilized to collect the data. Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) ver. 24.0 was used to analyze the data. Multiple logistic regression was used to discover the association of these determinants on control of blood pressure. Results: A statistically significant association was observed (p<0.005) between the control of blood pressure and gender of the patients. Enhanced blood pressure control was observed in the female patients 76.9% COR 1.446 (0.52-2.97). Adherence of patients towards the medication was also observed to be in significant association with the control of blood pressure (COR = 0.271, p<0.004), similarly a strong significant association was observed in the patients of hypertension receiving two drugs' combinations (COR = 6.118, p<0.001) for the treatment and patient education was also directly associated with the control of blood pressure (COR = 1.548, p<0.001). Conclusion: In conclusion, patient adherence is a crucial determinant in the present study and a patient's commitment to following prescribed guidelines leads to improved hypertension control. Commons Attribution License 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)., which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.