Medication Adherence and Influencing Factors of Elderly Hypertensive Patients during the COVID-19 Period: A Cross-Sectional Study in Chengdu, China

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To investigate the medication adherence of elderly hypertensive patients in community during the COVID-19 period and analyze its influencing factors. 392 elderly patients with hypertension were selected from two communities in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, and were investigated by demographic characters, circumstances in COVID-19 period, Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. chi-square test and binary logistic regression analysis were performed by SPSS 25.0 software. The medication adherence prevalence of elderly hypertensive patients from two communities in Chengdu was 43.37%. Binary logistic regression analysis showed that marital status, antihypertensive drug use during COVID-19 vaccination, antihypertensive drug use during COVID-19 treatment and emotional situation during the COVID-19 period were independent influencing factors of medication adherence of elderly hypertensive patients. During the COVID-19 period medication adherence among elderly hypertensive patients from two communities in Chengdu was poor.

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