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      <journal-id journal-id-type="iso-abbrev">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
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      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Arch Pharm Pract</journal-id>
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        <journal-title>Archives of Pharmacy Practice</journal-title>
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      <issn pub-type="epub">2320-5210</issn>
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        <article-title>Assessment of Adherence to Lifestyle Modification among Hypertensive Patients in Saudi Arabia</article-title>
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                  <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day>14</day>
        <month>01</month>
        <year>2024</year>
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      <volume>14</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>1</fpage>
      <lpage>14</lpage>
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        <p>This study assess how well hypertensive patients adhered to lifestyle modifications and it identifies the barriers to compliance with lifestyle modifications. It employed an online-based cross-sectional study among hypertensive patients in the east, west, middle, north, and south regions of Saudi Arabia. The study included 1135 participants, 55.8% of them were females and 44.2% of them were males. 25.2% of participants aged between 41- 50 years old. 33.4% of participants had hypertension for less than one year, 28.2% for 1- 5 years and 23.8% for more than 10 years. 56.5% of participants take anti-hypertensive medications. 32.6% have 3 meals per day 27% have less than three meals and 21.9% have 4 meals per day. 41.1% of the participants exercise. 15.1% of the participants were smokers. Medication adherence was significantly associated with age, BMI, marital status, educational level, occupation, and hypertension (P </p>
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