ABSTRACT

CORRELATION BETWEEN THE KNOWLEDGE OF THE MANAGEMENT OF

HYPERTENSION WITH THE DRUG COMPLIENCE LEVEL IN PATIENTS
WITH HYPERTENSION
Amy Shientiarizki1, Rika Hastuti Setyorini2, Arfi Syamsun3
2

1 Student of Medical Faculty of Mataram University

Departement of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Mataram University
3 Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, Mataram University

Backgrounds: The incidence of hypertension in both developed and developing

countries reach 10-20%. Former research shows that hypertension occurrences reach
25.8% in Indonesia. Uncontrolled hypertension can cause degenerative diseases such
as heart disease, chronic kidney disease and vascular disease. Based on the cases, the
adequate knowledge about hypertension management and patient compliance in
undergoing therapy program is much needed.This research was aimed to investigate
the correlation between the degrees of hypertension management knowledge and the
drug complience level.
Methods: This research is an observational-analytic study with cross-sectional. The
numbers of respondents are 51 outpatients in Poliklinik Jantung RSUP Nusa Tenggara
Barat. The data were retrieved using interview and questionnaire. Statistical analysis
used was bivariate analysis with Spearman correlation test.
Results: The result of Spearman bivariate analysis shows that there was a significant
and strong correlation between the knowledge of hypertension management and the
level of drug complience (r = 0.635, p = 0.001 (p <0.05)).
Conclusions: The knowledge of hypertension management has positive correlation
with the level of drug complience. The higher the knowledge on hypertension
therapy, the higher the compliance in taking antihypertensive drugs.
Keywords: Hypertension management, knowledge, drug compliance