Effect of an Intervention Program on Blood Pressure and Compliance to Antihypertensive Regimens among Patients in El-Shrouk Family Medical Centers

Abstract

Hypertension is a major health problem and a leading cause of mortality and morbidity worldwide (Ogedegbe et al, 2013), and it is the most important modifiable risk factor for heart diseases, stroke, renal diseases and retinopathy (Bani, 2011). The goal of hypertension treatment is to prevent death and complications by achieving and maintaining the blood pressure at 140\90 mm hg or lower (Lambert et al, 2006). Lifestyle modification including special diet and physical activity together with pharmacotherapy are the cornerstone to treat patients with hypertension so both are called antihypertensive regimen (Lemone & Burke, 2008) Compliance is defined as the degree to which a patient correctly follows medical advice, it refers to medications, self-care advice, self-directed exercise, or change a life style behavior, both the patient and the health care provider affect compliance, and a positive physician-patient relationship is the most important factor in improving compliance (WHO 2003) An interventional prospective two arms study design had been conducted in Family Medical Centers in El-Shrouk city- New Cairo, as in spite of the major importance of hypertension disease