Dukungan Keluarga Memengaruhi Kepatuhan Pasien Hipertensi

Family Support Affect Patient Compliance with Hypertension. Hypertension is a state of increased systolic blood pressure greater than 140 mmHg and or diastolic greater than 90 mmHg. The effectiveness of treatment is determined by the compliance of hypertensive patients, and family support can be a very influential factor. This study aims to determine the relationship of family support with adherence in hypertensive patients. The study was a descriptive correlative with cross sectional approach and sample are 59 people. Data collection was conducted at Puskesmas Padang Pasir from 4 to 30 April 2013, collected using questionnaires. Data analysis consisted of univariate analysis that describes the family support and adherence respondents then bivariate analysis using Rank Spearman (r) correlation test. The results showed 54% of respondents have family support with medium category and 59% respondents have compliance with medium category. Statistical test results obtained values (r) = 0.786. Concluded that family support has a very strong relationship with compliance and there is a direct relationship, so higher family support make impact higher compliance. Family support accounted for 61.8% of compliance. Family should pay more attention to providing informational support to patients with hypertensio