EVALUASI PENGARUH KONSELING FARMASIS TERHADAP KEPATUHAN DAN HASIL TERAPI PASIEN HIPERTENSI DI APOTEK-APOTEK WILAYAH KABUPATEN KENDAL

In line with the increase of life expenctancy, the prevalence suffering from hypertension get higher and it need intensive treatment to control their blood pressure. It is expected that appropriate and useful counseling to be able to increase the adherence on the medical therapy in order to achieve the desired blood pressure. This research was conducted to identify the influence of pharmacist�s counseling on the adherence and to identify the relation between the adherence and the therapy result hypertension patients at the dispensary of region of Kendal regency. The research was conducted using quasi-experimental design. Data collection of the patients was conducted prospectively during the period of January until March 2013. Subjects who met the inclusion criteria were patients aged 18-