Hypertension is the leading public health challenge globally, due to its high prevalence, morbidity and mortality with its devastating consequences on the heart and cardiovascular system. The effectiveness of antihypertensive agents must be achieved by optimal adherence to prescribed medications according to health care providers instructions. The purpose of the study is to assess patient’s health status and medication adherence among the hypertensive patients. The total study population was 127 and gender categorization had revealed that 55.11% were male population and 44.88% were female population. About 37.5 % people come under 50-59 age group. In the study population 125(98.43%) had past medical history. About 122(96.06%) patients had co-morbid conditions. Most common are diabetes and cardiovascular diseases. According to JNC-7 guidelines, in our study we found that most of the patients were in stage 1 hypertension. The study observed medication adherence through the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS -8) and Hill-Bone High Blood Pressure Compliance Scale. According to Morisky scale 29 (22.83%) patients were less adhered, 65(51.18%) were moderately adhered and 33(25.98%) were highly adhered to the medication. During the patients hospital stay we found that adherence to medication increases and the blood pressure of the patients has reached the goal and the health status of the patients were found to be improved.
