Table 2 Patient Reported Facilitators for Antihypertensive Medication Adherence from FGD (n = 34)

1. Access Factors

Travel distance to healthcare facility

Insurance Factors

Physician access

Screening programs

Employ community health workers to increase access to care and adherence (n = 1)

Education should be based in community outreach (n = 2)

Increase insurance access to obtain free medicines (n = 2)

Need to educate patients to come to clinic sooner (n = 2)

Should screen all patients at clinic (n = 6)

Utilizing public health screening campaigns (n = 3)

2. Cost Factors

Affordability of medications

Medications should be made free or subsidized (n = 11)

Need to increase awareness and utilization of insurance (n = 2)

Medications should be tax-exempt (n = 3)

3. Physician Factors

Proper counseling

Continue medication until told to stop by physician (n = 12)

Provide counseling at every healthcare interaction (n = 3)

Provide counseling about lifestyle changes (n = 10)

Advise regular check-ups (n = 2)

Spend ample time counseling in clinics (n = 2)

Provide further patient education on prevention (n = 3)

Counsel about harm of not adhering to medicines (n = 1)

4. Patient Factors

Importance of lifestyle changes

Utilizing reminder systems

Utilizing exercises to be healthy (n = 6)

Maintaining healthier dietary habits (n = 13)

Reducing stress (n = 2)

Receiving SMS text message reminders to take medication would help (n = 17)

Employing memory cues around the house (n = 5)

Setting alarms (n = 2)

Always keeping medications on hand (n = 4)

Utilizing family members to help with adherence (n = 6)

Using public health campaigns to increase awareness (n = 4)

Utilizing community support groups (n = 1)

Require patients to come to clinic to take medicines (n = 1)

5. Medication Factors

Prescription complexity

Take medicine at same time every day (build routine) (n = 5)