Drug utilization, adherence and occurrence of Resistant Hypertension among hypertensive patients visiting community based screening and management program in Eastern Nepal

Authors

  • Bhawesh Koirala BP Koirala Institute Of Health Sciences
  • Gajendra Prasad Rauniar Head of Department and Professor Department of Pharmacology BPKIHS,Dharan
  • Anup Ghimire Head of Department and Professor School of Public Health and community Medicine BPKIHS, Dharan
  • Sanjib Kumar Sharma Head of Department and Professor Department of Internal Medicine BPKIHS, Dharan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7439/ijbr.v9i1.4548

Keywords:

Cigarette Smoking, CD4, CD3, Smokers, non smokers.

Abstract

Objectives: To access the drug utilization pattern, drug adherence and occurrence of resistant hypertension in hypertensive patients. Methods: In this prospective crossover study, data was collected from 140 hypertensive patients visiting community program (KHDC) held on first Saturday of every month for follow-up. KHDC is a community based program for early detection and management of K idney disease, H ypertension, D iabetes and C ardiovascular diseases, using structured self-constructed questionnaire (translated in Nepali also) which have been prepared after reviewing multiple literatures.For descriptive statistics, percentage, mean, Standard deviation was calculated along with graphical and tabular presentation. Results: Out of 140 patients enrolled 52.1% were male. Majority of the patient were aged between 40-59 years of age 50.7 %. Most of them were Aryans 55.7 %( followed by Mongolians 44.3% . Mean of Systolic Blood Pressure was 131.48(SD

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Author Biography

  • Bhawesh Koirala, BP Koirala Institute Of Health Sciences
    Assistant Professor

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Published

2018-01-30

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2018): Jan

Section

Original Research Articles

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Drug utilization, adherence and occurrence of Resistant Hypertension among hypertensive patients visiting community based screening and management program in Eastern Nepal. Int Jour of Biomed Res [Internet]. 2018 Jan. 30 [cited 2026 Feb. 16];9(1):21-5. Available from: https://ssjournals.co.in/index.php/ijbr/article/view/4548