ATHIYAH, UMI and SUBARNIATI, RIKA and YUDA, ANA (2017) Medication Adherence in Elderly Patients with Hypertension. Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research, 10 (8). pp. 165-170. ISSN 0974-2441

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Abstract

Objective: This study aimed to identify the relationship between knowledge and beliefs about drugs with adherence of drug use based on the health belief model (HBM) theory. Methods: Respondents were elderly hypertensive patients who received their medicine by prescription in one pharmacy in Surabaya. Knowledge and belief variables were measured by a validated questionnaire, while medication adherence was measured by pill count. Results: There were 57 respondents aged 60-88 years, 54.4% of which are female. A total of 57.9% of respondents used at least two kinds of antihypertension drugs and 54.4% had health problems other than hypertension. The results of Pearson analysis show that respondents’ knowledge about the drug had a significant relationship with perceived threat, perceived benefit (p=0.043), and perceived self-efficacy (p=0.015), but no significant relationship with adherence, while the result of Spearman analysis shows that only perceived barrier had a significant relationship to adherence (p=0.029). Conclusion: To conclude, efforts to improve adherence was to lower perceived barrier which was primarily associated with decreased physical ability and concerns about the dangers of long-term drug use.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Adherence, Health belief model, Elderly people, Hypertension.
Subjects:	R Medicine R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica > RS1-441 Pharmacy and materia medica R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica > RS200-201 Pharmaceutical dosage forms
Divisions:	05. Fakultas Farmasi
Creators:	Creators NIM ATHIYAH, UMI umi-a@ff.unair.ac.id SUBARNIATI, RIKA UNSPECIFIED YUDA, ANA ana-y@ff.unair.ac.id
Depositing User:	Mr M. Fuad Sofyan
Date Deposited:	05 Jan 2019 06:15
Last Modified:	16 May 2019 00:48
URI:	http://repository.unair.ac.id/id/eprint/76922
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