30. Knowledge and Medication Compliance In patients with Hypertension at Posbindu in Seroja Health Care Working Area

Abstract

Background: The global prevalence of hypertension is 22% of the total world population and Indonesia found 34.1% population with hypertension at the age of > 18 years. Based on the proportion of history of taking medication, 32.3% did not take medication regularly, and 13.3% did not take antihypertensive medication. Compliance with hypertension treatment is important because hypertension is an incurable disease and treatment can affect the patient's recovery and complications. Objective: This study aims to determine the relationship between Patient Knowledge and medication compliance for hypertension Patients at Posbindu in Seroja Health Care Working Area. Bekasi. Method: A total of 90 residents were enrolled from Posbindu in the Seroja Health Care Working Area stratified with purposive sampling for a month. A face-to-face questionnaire survey was conducted by trained investigators. Result: This study shows that the patient percentages with good knowledge are 67.8%, 12,2% with sufficient knowledge, and 20% with poor knowledge of hypertension. 62.2% of respondents were not obedient to having hypertension medication. The Chi-Square test shows the value of probability p value 0.001 (p 0.001, r = 0.374). Conclusion: There is a significant relationship between the level of knowledge and medication compliance in hypertensive patients at Posbindu in the Seroja Health Care Working Area.