Medication Adherence With Blood Pressure Of Hypertension Clients At Baureno Public Health Center

Abstract

Hypertension still increasing due to non-adherence to taking medication which results in uncontrolled blood
pressure so that there is a risk of complications. Thus study aims to determine the relationship between Medication
adherence and blood pressure.The type of research used correlational research with a cross sectional approach.
The population in this study were hypertension clients of Prolanis participants in Baureno Public Health Center,
Bojonegoro at April 2021 with a sample size of 45 clients selected through purposive sampling. Inclusion criteria
were hypertensive clients who received antihypertensive medication, hypertension clients who were PROLANIS
participants, and permanent residence. While the exclusion criteria for this study were hypertension clients who
had other chronic diseases. The variables were medication adherence and blood pressure. The research
instrument used a modified Morisky Medication Adherence Scale 8 (MMAS 8) questionnaire and a
sphygmomanometer The data obtained were processed using Spearman Rho correlation analysis. The results of
this study obtained that most hypertension clients (51.1%) had high adherence and most of them (68.9%) had
blood pressure in the prehypertension range. The results of the analysis showed a significant relationship between
Medication adherence and blood pressure (p=0.001). The higher the adherence to taking Medication, the more
stable the blood pressure. It is expected that hypertension clients can improve adherence in taking Medication
because with high Medication adherence it can control blood pressure and prevent complications