Drug compliance and stroke prevention among hypertensive patients at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM), Kubang Kerian, Kelantan

• Main Author: Syned, Nabilah Mat
• Format: Monograph
• Language: English
• Published: Pusat Pengajian Kesihatan 2015
• Subjects: R Medicine (General); RC666-701 Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
• Online Access: http://eprints.usm.my/60058/1/NABILAH%20BINTI%20MAT%20SYNED%20-%20e.pdf; http://eprints.usm.my/60058/

Drug compliance is important for hypertensive patient because non-compliance of the drug regime can contribute to complication such as stroke. The purpose of this descriptive study was to determine the level of drug compliance and score in stroke prevention knowledge among hypertensive patients at Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia (Hospital USM), Kubang Kerian, Kelantan. Hypertensive patients at Klinik Pakar Perubatan (KPP) at Hospital USM were recruited. The patients were selected by using random sampling technique. Data were obtained by using self-administered questionnaire, a modified Medication Adherence Scale to asssess level of drug compliance among hypertensive patients and other questionaire to assess score of stroke prevention knowledge among hypertensive patients. Three experts tested the content validity of instruments, and the reliability obtained by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were 0.782 respectively. The data were analysed with SPSS version 20.0, by using descriptive statistics, simple logistic regression and simple linear regression test to answering the research questions. The result showed the majority of the hypertensive patients (57.9%) were non-adherent to their drug regime whereas on stroke prevention knowledge, majority of them (62.6%) had moderate knowledge, followed by low knowledge (20.6%) and only (16.8%) recorded high knowledge. There was a significant association between socio-demographic data with knowledge in stroke prevention, age (p = 0.001) and level of education (p = 0.001). There was also a significant association between levels of drug compliance and knowledge in stroke prevention (p = 0.04). However, there was no significant association between sociodemographic data with levels of drug compliance, age (p = 0.28), gender (p = 0.16) and level of education (p = 0.53). In conclusion, the findings of this study will provide a guideline for healthcare provider such as nurses and doctor to improve in giving health education on the importance of compliance in drug regime among hypertensive patient and to increase their knowledge in stroke prevention.