Study To Assess Knowledge And Attitude Regarding Hypertension, Compliance To Treatment And Control Measures Adopted By Hypertensive Clients

Abstract

Hypertension is s silent killer increasing day by day. The objective of the study was to assess the Knowledge and attitude, compliance to treatment and control measures of hypertensive clients regarding hypertension.200 clients suffering from hypertension, were selected through purposive sampling technique. In view of the nature of the problem and to accomplish the objectives of the study, structured knowledge questionnaire and attitude scale and compliance scale and observational checklist was prepared and Reliability of the tools was tested by Kr20 for knowledge questionnaire, cronbach’s alpha for attitude scale and compliance to treatment scale and inter-rated reliability for control measures was used, which was 0.76 for knowledge, 0.78 for attitude and 0.86 for compliance and 0.7 for control measures respectively. From the study findings, it was found that the hypertensive clients had fair Knowledge regarding hypertension. The hypertensive clients had favorable attitude regarding prevention and control of hypertension. The hypertensive clients have Good compliance to treatment regarding hypertension. The hypertensive clients are having fair control of hypertension.  The findings suggest that hypertensive clients are having fair knowledge, favorable attitude regarding hypertension, good compliance but they are having fair control over hypertension.