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Objective To explore the effect of health education on medication compliance of middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients in rural areas. Methods Outpatients aged 45 hypertensive patients were divided into two groups, the intervention group was given health education knowledge, intervention of bad habits and knowledge of drug by oral presentations, banner ads, TV screen publicity, publicity, newspaper, telephone follow-up and other forms of propaganda. Results Hypertension knowledge, dietary knowledge, living habits, medication knowledge, medication compliance of patients in the intervention group were increased significantly, and there were significant difference in the four survey in the observation group with statistical significance(P<0.05). Conclusion Health education has a great influence on drug compliance among middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients in rural areas, and has great significance for controlling blood pressure.