PENINGKATAN PENGETAHUAN KEPATUHAN MINUM OBAT PESERTA ILP NOBOREJO MELALUI PENYULUHAN DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS CEBONGAN

Abstrak

Patient compliance in taking medication greatly influences the success of a treatment. Low compliance with taking medication also occurs in elderly patients with a History of Chronic Diseases, so that many patients succumb to the disease and improve the patient’s quality of life. Chronic diseases have caused around 36 million deaths globally. Therefore, people with chronic diseases must control their condition regularly and take medication regularly to maintain the target of optimal disease improvement.  The importance of increasing awareness of medication compliance, a community service was held entitled "Improving Knowledge of Medication Compliance for ILP Noborejo Participants Through Counseling in the Cebongan Health Center Work Area". It is hoped that this counseling can increasing public knowledge that medication compliance is important in supporting therapy improvements as long as it is done based on doctor's instructions. The results of this activity show that the average score of respondents in general is at 80%, the average score of the is quite large. Participants have good knowledge of the material presented.