Patient perspectives on hypertension management in health system of Sri Lanka: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Uncontrolled hypertension is the leading risk factor for mortality globally, including low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, pathways for seeking hypertension care and patients' experience with the utilisation of health services for hypertension in LMICs are not well understood.

Objectives

This study aimed to explore patients' perspectives on different dimensions of accessibility and availability of healthcare for the management of uncontrolled hypertension in Sri Lanka.

Setting

Primary care in rural areas in Sri Lanka.

Participants

20 patients with hypertension were purposively sampled from an ongoing study of Control of Blood Pressure and Risk Attenuation in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Method

We conducted in-d

SUBMITTER: Perera M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797394 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature