Adherence and Quality of Life of Hypertension Patients in Gunung Jati Hospital, Cirebon, Indonesia
Abstact: The treatment
effectiveness of hypertension could be influenced by patients’ characteristics
and patients’ adherence with medication. Besides reaching the goal of blood
pressure decrease after the treatment, their quality of life has become the
main concern regarding effectiveness of hypertension treatment. This study
aimed to explore the hypertension patients’ adherence and quality of life. In
addition, it was studied which factors associated with adherence and quality of
life in hypertension patients treated with antihypertensive at Gunung Jati
Hospital, Cirebon. We recruited 85 adult hypertension patients who were treated
with antihypertensive agents for at least 6 months. The patients’ adherence was
measured by Medication Adherence Report Scale and the patients’ quality of life
was measured by Indonesian version of Short Form-36 questionnaire. The
patients’ adherence was found as 24.03 (SD: 1.98) and there were no significant
differences of patients’ adherence using monotherapy and combination therapy.
The patients’ characteristics such as, age, gender and education level could
not predict patients’ adherence (p>0.05). The average of Physical Component
Summary (PCS) and Mental Component Summary (MCS) were 43.35 (SD: 9.4) and 52.13
(SD:5.59). Age and gender may predict PCS, however, education and comorbidity
may predict MCS (p<0.05). Hypertension patients’ adherence in Gunung Jati hospital
is good. The PCS and MCS scores in this study are comparable to the other
previous studies. The patients’ characteristic could not be the predictor of
patients’ adherence. .
Author: Dyah A.Perwitasari,
Rinto Susilo, Woro Supadmi, Adrian A. Kaptein
Journal Code: jpfarmasigg150001
