(Prosiding) Relationship of Knowledge and Family Support with Treatment Compliance in Hypertension Patients

Abstract

the prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia, which was obtained through measurements at ≥18 years of age at 34.1%, with the highest prevalence in South Kalimantan at 44.1%. The question in this study is how the knowledge of hypertension sufferers and family support with hypertension treatment.. Hypertension or high blood pressure is often referred to as the silent killer (silent killer). Current antihypertensive drugs have been shown to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients, and also play a major role in reducing the risk of developing cardiovascular complications. The research design used is a systematic literature review (SLR) or what in Indonesian is called a systematic literature review, which is a literature review method that identifies, assesses, and interprets all findings on a research topic, to answer research questions. The method used in assessing the quality of the literature uses the Duffy's Research Appraisal Checklist Approach method. It is known that in the knowledge variable, 20% articles, motivation variables, 40% articles, and family support variables, 20% of journals or research articles that examine these variables and are used as samples state that there is a relationship between family support and medication adherence to hypertension sufferers. However, there were also journals or research articles that stated there was no relationship between family support and medication adherence to hypertension sufferers. In the knowledge variable, 20% of the journals or research articles sampled stated that there was a relationship between knowledge and medication adherence in hypertensive patients and there were no journals or research articles stating that there was no relationship between knowledge and medication adherence in hypertensive patients. In the family support variable, 20% of the journals or research articles sampled stated that there was a relationship between family support and medication adherence to hypertension sufferers and there were 2 journals or research articles which stated that there was no relationship between knowledge and medication adherence in hypertensive patients.