Objective To collect and analyze the qualitative studies on patients’ compliance with hypertension management in the community, and to summarize the factors influencing the compliance from the view of patients.
Methods Eleven electronic databases and search strategies and words were determined through discussion by experts and the review group. After the selection and critical appraisal of the retrieved studies were performed by two reviewers independently, meta-summary was employed for the results of qualitative studies.
Results Five studies were included. The results showed some factors had great impact on the compliance of patients, including patients’ knowledge of hypertension and its treatment, doctor-patient relationship, patients’ financial status, social support, designing of treatment plans, and patients’ individual conditions.
Conclusion To improve doctors’ technical competence, building good doctor-patient relationship, strengthening patients’ individualized health education, formulating the proper treatment plan, and making good use of the social support system would promote the compliance with hypertension management in the community.
Citation： WANG Wei,YAN Fei,XUE Caoyi,ZHANG Xue,LI Zhenghong,DING Yan,QIAN Xu. Factors Influencing Patients’ Compliance with Hypertension Management in the Community: Qualitative Research Synthesis. Chinese Journal of Evidence-Based Medicine, 2010, 10(4): 429-432. doi: 10.7507/1672-2531.20100421 Copy
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