5354.2024 Hubungan Pengetahuan Tentang Hipertensi Dengan Kepatuhan Minum Obat Pada Pasien Hipertensi Rawat Jalan Di RSUD. H. Abdul Aziz Marabahan Kabupaten Barito Kuala

Hipertensi ; Pengetahuan ; Kepatuhan Minum Obat

Abstract

Hypertension is a condition in which a person experiences an increase in blood pressure above normal, resulting in an increase in morbidity and mortality rates, systolic blood pressure of 140mmHg indicates the phase of blood being pumped by the heart and diastolic phase of 90mmHg the phase of blood returning to the heart. Based on research results, the death rate in the world due to hypertension reaches 9.4 million each year. Knowledge is the level of behavior of sufferers in carrying out treatment and behavior recommended by doctors or others. The knowledge that must be possessed by hypertensive patients includes the meaning of hypertension, the causes of hypertension, symptoms that often accompany it and the importance of carrying out regular and continuous treatment in the long term and knowing the dangers that arise if they do not take medication. Compliance with taking medication in hypertensive patients is very important because by taking antihypertensive drugs regularly, it can control blood pressure in hypertensive patients, so that in the long term the risk of damage to organs such as the heart, kidneys, and brain can be reduced. Antihypertensive drugs that are currently available have been proven to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and play a very important role in reducing the risk of developing complications.