The effect of patient education and home monitoring on medication compliance, hypertension management, healthy lifestyle behaviours and BMI in a primary health care setting

Abstract

Patient education medication adherence alone and in combination with healthy lifestyle behaviour teaching is an effective tool for blood pressure reduction in the hypertensive population in primary health care settings.

Reasons why Hypertensive Patients Admission to Emergency Services and their Chronic Illness Care Management

“…These patients are inconsistent with taking medicines, they can forget, they stop taking them of their own accord, and they only take them when they feel unwell [13,26]. Studies have shown that these behaviors are closely related to inadequate monitoring of and explanation about the use of medications, lack of explanation at the onset of the drug treatment, not believing in the efficacy of the medication, high costs of medicines, failure or neglect to renew the prescription when the medicine finishes [14]. Therefore, if patients are informed about medication use and their awareness of medication use is raised when they are diagnosed with hypertension or followed in health centers, the problem of inappropriate medication use will be solved.…”

“…• Individual Interview Form: This form was created by the researchers in accordance with the literature [6,13,14]. It consisted of 27 closed-and open-ended questions aimed at determining individuals' sociodemographic characteristics, their lifestyle behaviors, their reasons for admission to the emergency department and their chronic illnesses.…”

“…Effective chronic disease management will reduce the frequency of admissions to emergency services or hospitals, limit the physiological and psychological effects of the disease, prevent dependence on others while performing activities of daily life and improve patients' quality of life [7,9,12]. In this process, priority must be given to the methods of nurses working at primary, secondary and tertiary protection levels to control the blood pressure of hypertensive patients, and to topics such as the necessity of taking medication regularly and timely compliance with medication, hypertensionrelated complications, and the positive effects of taking medicine regularly to control blood pressure [6,13,14]. In health education, the importance of the risk factors affecting the control of blood pressure can be taught, and individuals' awareness can be increased.…”

Inflammation is related to unbalanced cardiac autonomic functions in hypertension: an observational study

“…For those who are taking antihypertensive medications, good medication adherence is important to ensure optimal control of hypertension (4). Therefore, promoting medication adherence in patients with poor control of their BP is an important role for nurses and healthcare providers (5). A major contributor to poor BP control may be patient non-adherence to prescribed antihypertensive medication (6).…”

Effect of Theory-Based Training Intervention on Physical Activity and Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Patients: A Randomized Control Trial

“…Hypertension (HTN) is the third leading cause of death worldwide, causing 7.5 million deaths annually (12.8% of all deaths) (1,2). The prevalence of HTN globally in 2014 in men aged 18+ years was 24% and in women was 20.5%.…”