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Abstract
Hypertension forms a major public health problem in the world. Compliance toward different therapeutic regimen is a key factor in controlling blood pressure. The study was aimed to assess factors affecting compliance of patients with essential hypertension toward therapeutic regimen. A descriptive exploratory design was utilized in this study at the Outpatient Clinic at Medical Specialist Hospital, Mansoura University. A convenience sample of all available adults patients (200 patients) with essential hypertension, through assessment of patients’ socio-demographic characteristics, knowledge, practice, compliance through Hill Bone Scale, and factors affecting their compliance. The findings of the present study revealed that: More than three quarters of them were noncompliance toward different therapeutic regimen. The social support, economic and psychological factors affected the majority of the studied sample.