Table 2.

Patient Reported Facilitators for Antihypertensive Medication Adherence from FGD (n = 34)

Category	Sub-Category	Concepts
1. Access Factors	Travel distance to healthcare facility Insurance Factors Physician access Screening programs	Employ community health workers to increase access to care and adherence (n = 1) Education should be based in community outreach (n = 2) Increase insurance access to obtain free medicines (n = 2) Need to educate patients to come to clinic sooner (n = 2) Should screen all patients at clinic (n = 6) Utilizing public health screening campaigns (n = 3)
2. Cost Factors	Affordability of medications	Medications should be made free or subsidized (n = 11) Need to increase awareness and utilization of insurance (n = 2) Medications should be tax-exempt (n = 3)
3. Physician Factors	Proper counseling	Continue medication until told to stop by physician (n = 12) Provide counseling at every healthcare interaction (n = 3) Provide counseling about lifestyle changes (n = 10) Advise regular check-ups (n = 2) Spend ample time counseling in clinics (n = 2) Provide further patient education on prevention (n = 3) Counsel about harm of not adhering to medicines (n = 1)
4. Patient Factors	Importance of lifestyle changes Utilizing reminder systems	Utilizing exercises to be healthy (n = 6) Maintaining healthier dietary habits (n = 13) Reducing stress (n = 2) Receiving SMS text message reminders to take medication would help (n = 17) Employing memory cues around the house (n = 5) Setting alarms (n = 2) Always keeping medications on hand (n = 4) Utilizing family members to help with adherence (n = 6) Using public health campaigns to increase awareness (n = 4) Utilizing community support groups (n = 1) Require patients to come to clinic to take medicines (n = 1)
5. Medication Factors	Prescription complexity	Take medicine at same time every day (build routine) (n = 5)