Does negative affectivity have an association with achieving target values in hypertensive patients: primary care perspective.

Objectives: The current study aimed to seek the relationship between demographic characteristics, treatment compliance status, and type D personality characteristics to achieve target BP values.

Methods: This cross-sectional research was conducted on HT patients at three family medicine health-care services in Ankara, Turkey, between 1 February 2021, and 31 January 2022. The sociodemographic questionnaire survey, Hill-Bone Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale (HBCHBPTS), and Type D Scale-14 (DS-14) were applied to 317 patients.