Media Ilmu Kesehatan
Vol 13 No 1 (2024): Media Ilmu Kesehatan

Medication adherence and therapeutical outcome in hypertension patients at the Mlati II health center

Mardiana Puji Lestari (Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta)
Dewi Puspita Sari (Universitas Jenderal Achmad Yani Yogyakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
27 Apr 2024

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is a chronic disease that needs to be treated properly and continuously. One of the critical successes of therapy is medication adherence by patients.Objective: Determine the correlation between medication adherence and therapeutic outcome in hypertension patients at the Mlati II health center.Methods: This is a non-experimental study with a cross sectional design analysis, by purposive sampling technique. Adherence was obtained in the form of adherence levels measured using the MMAS-8 questionnaire, therapeutic outcomes assessed by measuring a patient's blood pressure. Then the data were analyzed using the Chi-square test to determine the relationship between the level of adherence and therapeutic outcomes.Results: From 76 hypertension patients, the majority aged 46-55 years (44.7%), female gender (69.7%), senior high school (39.5%), employment status did not work (55.3%), long suffering from hypertension <5 years (76.3%), received single therapy (61.8%) with the type of antihypertension drug amlodipine (59.2%), low adherence category rate (39.5%), outcome of therapy with uncontrolled blood pressure (60,5%), and significancy level p = 0,997>0,05Conclusion: There is no relationship between the level of adherence to the use of antihypertension drugs and the outcome therapy of controlled blood pressure at the Mlati Il health center

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mik

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Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

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Media Ilmu Kesehatan is a scientific journal that aims to publish and disseminate various scientific papersto add insight and science in the health field. Media Ilmu Kesehatan accepts original research scientific manuscripts and literature reviews. The minimum bibliography included in the article is ...