The Effectiveness of Interactive Media in Improving Compliance with Medication for Hypertension Patients

Abstract

Irregular treatment of hypertension has the potential to increase blood pressure again, and also has the potential to cause more serious complications. Understanding hypertension is important to improve adherence to treatment for patients with hypertension. One of the efforts to increase compliance is using interactive media as a medium for health education. The research design was quasi-experimental with a non-randomized pre-test and post-test control group, with a sample of 60 people in the intervention group and 60 people in the control group. The results showed that: there was a significant difference (Asymp. Sig. = 0.002) regarding family support between the intervention group and the control group; there was a significant difference (Asymp. Sig. = 0.000) regarding adherence between the Control Group and the Intervention Group; there were significant differences regarding family support and adherence between before and after the intervention; interactive media effectively increased family support with a moderate level of effectiveness (51.81%) and increased compliance with a moderate level of effectiveness (55.83%). In using interactive media as an extension media, it should pay attention to regional conditions and social conditions of the community, and should be combined with other media.