Factors That Influence The Level Of Compliance Take Medication For Hypertension Patients In The Village Tosaren, Pesantren District, Kediri City

Abstract

Hypertension is a disease that requires long-term therapy, so patient compliance is required in undergoing treatment to control blood pressure and reduce the risk of complications. Hypertension treatment takes a long time so individual compliance in undergoing treatment is one of the basic things to do. The aim of this research is to determine the level of compliance and the factors that influence the level of compliance with taking medication for hypertension patients in Tosaren Village, Islamic Boarding School District, Kediri City. This research is a quantitative study using a correlational descriptive design with a cross sectional approach . The population in this study were patients who had been diagnosed with hypertension in Tosaren Village, Islamic Boarding School District, Kediri City, using a total sampling technique of 40 respondents. The independent variables are the factors age, gender, education and employment. The dependent variable is adherence to taking medication. The research instrument used a questionnaire and the results were analyzed with the SPSS program using the Chi-square statistical test with a significance level of 95% (α=0.05). The research results and conclusions were obtained as follows, namely 80% of patients were non-compliant with taking medication and 20% were compliant. Furthermore, there is a significant relationship between the age factor (p=0.017) and adherence to taking medication, namely, the higher the age the more non- compliant, then the factors gender (p=0.605), education (p=0.714), occupation (p=0.086) do not there is a significant relationship with adherence to taking medication. From these results and conclusions, it can be recommended for hypertensive patients to further increase compliance with taking medication so that blood pressure remains stable and complications do not arise, if necessary there is policy intervention from the health service regarding companions and supervisors taking medication, especially elderly patients.