Characteristics, Family Support and Medication Compliance in Elderly People with Hypertension

Abstract

One of the NCDs that many Indonesian people suffer from is hypertension. Hypertension is a blood circulation system disorder that results in an increase in blood pressure above normal or ≥140/90 mmHg. One of the factors controlling hypertension is the behavior of adherence to taking hypertension medication, but up to now adherence to medication in hypertension sufferers is still a problem that can have an impact on increasingly chronic disease and the occurrence of complications. The aim of this research is to determine the characteristics and family support. , and compliance with taking hypertension medication in hypertensive elderly in Banyubiru Village. This type of research is descriptive quantitative with a sample size of 88 respondents taken from a population of 160 elderly people with hypertension, using a simple random sampling method. The instrument used in this research was a questionnaire. Based on the research results, it can be seen that the majority of respondents aged 60-70 years were 68 respondents (77.3%). The frequency distribution based on gender is predominantly female with 49 respondents (55.7%). Meanwhile, the frequency distribution based on education level is mostly elementary school with 36 respondents (40.9%). Frequency distribution based on family support, 46 respondents (52.3%) did not support it. Frequency distribution based on compliance behavior in taking hypertension medication, there were 48 respondents (54.5%) who were non-compliant in taking hypertension medication. Non-compliance with taking anti-hypertension medication among elderly people with hypertension is still relatively high, so further health promotion efforts are needed to increase compliance.