Abstract

Background: The effect of missing treatment in hypertensive subjects results in higher rates of complications. The prevalence of missing doses or non-compliance in regularity of treatment is few in communities. Objective: To estimate the prevalence of missing doses of treatment among hypertensive patients in urban area of Bangalore Methods: Community based,descriptive, cross sectional and quantitative study was carried out in urban area of Bangalore during July to August 2015. Subjects were randomly selected from the ward number 32 from the houses and the information regarding missing doses of medicines among hypertensive subjects was collected at their doorsteps. Data was analysed using SPSS version 20. Results: the prevalence of non-compliance(missing dose) of treatment regularity among 350 subjects was 16.9% (20% in men and 14% in women). The proportion of missing doses was high in the age group of 41-70 years, combination therapy(17%), free supplymedicines (19%), duration of hypertension of 3 to 9 years (20%) and Diabetic mellitus patients (13%). There are differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressures among missed and non-missed drugs and the differences in Systolic BP was statistically significant in both male and females Conclusion: In this community based study, the prevalence of missedtreatment for hypertension since last 48 hours was 16.9%. Twenty percent of male patients missed the doses and the Systolic Blood Pressure was at higher level among noncompliance patient