Title
Medication adherence, lifestyle practices and blood pressure control in hypertensive patients: A questionnaire-based analysis
Authors
Kumaran Ottilingam Ravindran1, Saifudheen Muhammed Ali2 & Shilpa Hajare3,*
Affiliation
1Department of Internal Medicine, Madras Medical College, EVR Periyar Salai, Park Town, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India; 2Department of Medicine, University hospitals of Dorset, Poole, England, United Kingdom; 3Department of Community Medicine, N.K.P. Salve Institute of Medical Sciences & Research Centre and Lata Mangeshkar Hospital, Nagpur, India; *Corresponding author
Kumaran Ottilingam Ravindran - E-mail: kumaran99792@gmail.com; Phone: +91 7305394518
Saifudheen Muhammed Ali - E-mail: saifudheenmuhammed123@gmail.com; Phone: +91 8606243072
Shilpa Hajare - E-mail: drshilpah@yahoo.com
Article Type
Research Article
Date
Received April 1, 2026; Revised April 30, 2026; Accepted April 30, 2026, Published April 30, 2026
Abstract
Uncontrolled hypertension is one critical contributing factor to cardiovascular disease and continues to cause problems even through there are effective pharmacological and lifestyle interventions available. In this cross-sectional study, researchers collected data from 150 hypertensive outpatients on their medication adherence, lifestyle practices as well as how these factors related to their ability to control blood pressure using a structured knowledge attitude and practice questionnaire and clinical assessments. The systolic blood pressure average for these subjects was 142.5 ± 13.9 mmHg, while diastolic blood pressure was 88.7 ± 9.6 mmHg; therefore only 60% were able to attain appropriate blood pressure control. There was a statistically significant correlation between KAP and adherence scores and lower systolic (r = –0.38) and diastolic (r = –0.34) blood pressure (p < 0.05). Those patients who had optimal practice for lifestyle modification achieved the greatest percentage of individuals that attained blood pressure control (82%). Thus, enhance adherence and lifestyle interventions through structured education and behavioural support will help control hypertension.
Keywords
Hypertension, medication adherence, knowledge-attitude-practice (KAP) survey
Citation
Ravindran et al. Bioinformation 22(4): 1924-1928 (2026)
Edited by
A Prashanth
ISSN
0973-2063
Publisher
License
This is an Open Access article which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. This is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License.
