Table 3.
Barriers to hypertensive patients' adherence to medication and Frequency of this barriers
| Barriers of medication adherence | Mean Rank |
SD | CV | Definitely true n (%) |
Probably true n (%) |
Probably false n (%) |
Definitely false n (%) |
| I do not have the cost of providing medications |
4.24 | 1.29 | 0.30 | 8 (3.4) | 59 (24.8) | 17 (7.1) | 154 (64.7) |
| there is no body to help me keep track of when to take my medication |
4.13 | 1.48 | 0.36 | 112 (47.1) | 42 (17.6) | 20 (8.4) | 64 (26.9) |
| I am taking medicine only when I felt discomfort |
4.03 | 1.28 | 0.32 | 66 (27.7) | 24 (10.1) | 46 (19.3) | 102(42.9) |
| I believe that drug intake does not affect my disease. |
3.49 | 1.38 | 0.40 | 94 (39.5) | 27 (11.3) | 39 (16.4) | 78 (32.8) |
| I forget to take medications because of my busy task. |
3.12 | 1.22 | 0.39 | 139 (58.4) | 30 (12.6) | 23 (9.7) | 46 (19.3) |
| I do not taking medications to avoid having side effects (such as dizziness and headache) |
2.30 | 1.54 | 0.67 | 122 (51.3) | 61 (25.6) | 6 (2.5) | 49 (20.6) |
| the number of my medications is high and I do not know whether they are taking it or not |
2.29 | 1.45 | 0.64 | 35 (14.7) | 35 (14.7) | 37 (15.5) | 131 (55) |
*Description of the spectrum: Absolutely opposed 1....... Absolutely agree 5