Comparative Study of Medication Notification Booklet and Text Messaging In Maintaining Medication Adherence Among Hypertention Patient In Public Health Center Kendalsari of Malang

Abstract

Hypertension patient’s drug consumption adherence was very important because hypertension was a condition that cannot be cured, but can be controlled or maintained, one of the factor behind patient’s nonadherence anti-hypertension drug consumption is because patients forget to take their drug. The purpose of this study was to know the difference in drug consumption adherence using drug consumption reminder card and text messages on hypertension patients in the work area of Puskesmas Kendalsari. Research design used was Quasi experimental with pretest – posttest design. Total sample of this research are 53 people using purposive sampling technique. The number of sample then divided into 2 groups, 27 respondents are given the remainder card and 26 respondents are given text messages. Instrument of research used MMAS-8 questionnaire and pill count to measure respondents’ adherence. Adherence level difference between the groups are analyzed using Mann Whitney test resulted in 0.321 p-value for MMAS-8 score and 0.534 for pill count, which means there are no difference in drug consumption adherence between remainder card group and text messages group in the work area of Puskesmas Kendalsari Malang. Based on this research it was suggested giving counseling about hypertension drugs to be taken as prescribed and safe for the body.
 Keywords: Drug Consumption Adherence, Hypertension, Text Messages, Reminder Cards.