Effect of Supervisory Drink Drugs (SDG) on Decreasing Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertension Patients, Indonesia Masriadi1,*, Arifin Muhammad Samsul2, Azis Rahmawati3 1Associate Professor, Institute of Health Science Tamalatea, Makassar, Indonesia 2Lecturer, Institute of Health Science Batara Guru, Luwu Timur, Indonesia 3Lecturer, Institute of Health Science Tamalatea, Makassar, Indonesia *Corresponding author: Masriadi, E-mail: arimasriadi@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Background Supervisory Drink Drugs (SDG) is one of the strategies DOTS (Directly Observed Treatment Shourtcourse) used to assess the success of tuberculosis patients treatment, but the strategy can be used in hypertensive patients because hypertension disease also requires treatment in the long term. Advantages family as Supervisory Drink Drugs (SDG) is a stay at home with the patient so that a more optimal monitoring and direct, requiring no transportation costs. Patients with hypertension require motivation so that the drug given is in accordance with the doctor's recommendation. The purpose of analyzing the influence of Supervisory Drink Drugs (SDG) on Decreasing Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertension Patient in the Village District Lampenai Wotu, Indonesia. Material and Methods The type of study was quasi experimental with a nonequivalent control group design. The samples in this study were 44 people with 22 experimental group and 22 control group. This study was conducted on June 3st-August 6th, 2018. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The statistical test used is the test of Wilxocon and Kruskal Wallis. Results The results of Wilxocon analysis showed that the experimental group who were given the supervisor taking SDG with systolic blood pressure p-value 0.000<0.05 and diastolic blood pressure p-value 0.002<0.05, then for the control group without supervisor taking medication SDG with systolic blood pressure p-value 0.049<0.05 and diastolic blood pressure p-value 0.546>0.05. Conclusion Administration of medication in patients with hypertension affects the success rate in reducing blood pressure. Therefore, it needs to be applied in every health service, especially in health centers so that it can help health workers to reduce the incidence of hypertension. Top Keywords Supervisory Drink Drugs (SDG), Hypertension, Blood Pressure, Drug, Motivation. Top |