Role of Perceived Social Support in Adherence to Antihypertensives and Controlled Hypertension: Findings of a Community Survey from Urban Nepal
Bhattarai S, Wagle D, Shrestha A, Åsvold B, Skovlund E, Sen A. Role of Perceived Social Support in Adherence to Antihypertensives and Controlled Hypertension: Findings of a Community Survey from Urban Nepal. Patient Preference And Adherence 2024, 18: 767-777. PMID: 38558834, PMCID: PMC10981373, DOI: 10.2147/ppa.s455511.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh social supportSocial supportEffective management of chronic conditionsImplementing community-based interventionsImprove adherence to antihypertensive medicationsControlled hypertensionHypertension managementMultidimensional Scale of Perceived Social SupportScale of Perceived Social SupportManagement of chronic conditionsModified Poisson regression modelsAdherence to antihypertensive medicationsMorisky Medication Adherence Scale-8Proportion of controlled hypertensionCommunity-based interventionsMeasure social supportAnalyzed cross-sectional dataUrban NepalCluster randomized trialPerceived social supportPoisson regression modelsControl of hypertensionSocial support categoriesCross-sectional dataChronic conditions