Blood pressure control among hypertensive patients of tribal origin attending a primary care centre in Kerala

Background: High blood pressure increases the risk for significant health issues including heart attack and stroke. According to studies, tribal population in India is likewise going through a transformation has increasing prevalence of high pressure. Therefore, this study was done with objective determine proportion hypertensives uncontrolled among persons origin attending primary care centre Kalpetta, Wayanad, Kerala. To factors responsible control hypertension. assess adherence anti-hypertensive medicine using Morisky Green Levine Scale (MGLS).Methods: A cross-sectional conducted at Amrita Kripa Charitable Hospital, 167 adult origin. semi-structured questionnaire MGLS were used data collection. Data analysis SPSS version 21.Results: The hypertension found be (70.7%). There association lower education (p value 0.036) also alcohol 0.007). Among participants pressure, poor 31.7% while 68.3% had good adherence. Alcohol consumption (aOR- 4.10, 95% CI 1.12-14.98) (aOR-6.74, 1.28-35.46) independent predictors on multivariate analysis.Conclusions: Seven ten Larger studies are necessary community level reducing use imperative.