Impact of hypertension education on treatment compliance among hypertensive patients in Baghdad 2017.

Objective: To determine the effect of short education session on drug compliance on hypertensive patients visiting primary healthcare centres.

Methods: The interventional study was conducted from January to May, 2017, at 10 primary healthcare centres that were selected through multi-stage random sampling from those functioning under the Baghdad/Al-Rusafa Health Directorate, Baghdad, Iraq. Those included were patients aged 20-79 years diagnosed with hypertension with a history of at least one year.