Hubungan Pengetahuan tentang Efek Samping Obat dengan Kepatuhan Minum Obat pada Pasien Hipertensi

Background: Hypertension is a cardiovascular disease characterized by a
persistent increase in blood pressure. Management of hypertension requires long
term treatment. Some side effects may appear such as, drowsiness, dizziness and
nausea. Knowledge of side effects is a factor for hypertensive people in
undergoing medication adherence. The previous research was obtained from 68
respondents in the category of lack of knowledge (39.7%), and compliance in the
non-compliance category (35.3%).
Objective: To analyze the relationship between knowledge about drug side effects
and adherence to taking hypertension medications in hypertensive patients.
Methods: This study used a quantitative method, cross-sectional descriptive
correlation design. The sample totaled 52 respondents with a incidental sampling
technique. The measuring tool used a questionnaire on the knowledge of drug side
effects designed by the researcher, adherence to taking the medication using
MMAS-8. The data were analyzed using kendall's tau-b test with a significance
value of 5%.
Results: The average age of respondents was 55.6 years, the majority were
women (57.7%), were second-educated (53.8%), and had hypertension for a long
time > 5 years (51.9%). The majority of respondents had sufficient knowledge
(73.1%) and high adherence to taking medication (71.2%). There was a
relationship between knowledge of drug side effects and medication adherence (p
value = 0.008 τ = 0.318)
Conclusions: There was a relationship between knowledge of drug side effects
and medication adherence, with moderate correlation values. The direction of the
positive relationship indicates that the better the respondent's knowledge of the
side effects of the drug, the higher the level of adherence to taking the drug.