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The Relationship of Treatment Compliance Level and the Quality of Life of Elderly Patients with Hypertension
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D.I.PERMATASARI , MEIYANTI
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Health is one of the most important aspects in the life of elderly people. The increasing life expectancy and the increased age cause elderly to experience numbers of both physical and psychological problems. Physical condition such as chronic illness and psychological condition such as stress and depression can influence elderly’s quality of life. The chronic illness condition pushed the elderlies to consume drugs all their life. However, compliance of medicinal activity might influence their quality of life. The objective of this research is to acknowledge the relationship of medicine compliance level with the quality of life. This research utilized an observational analysis with a cross-sectional design by including 115 elderlies. The research was conducted from March to May 2018. The required data was gathered by conducting guided interview and questioner distribution that measure quality of life and medical compliance. Chi-Square test was conducted to analyze the data with significance level of 0.05. From 115 elderlies, 64.4% of them are between the age of 60-74 years old and 67 samples (58.6%) are females. As much as 64.3% possess decent quality of life, and 35.7% of them possess low quality of life. The Chi-Square test result reveals that there is a significant relationship between medical compliance and the quality of life of elderly patients with hypertension (p=0.005). This research shows that there is a significant relationship of medical compliance level and quality of life.
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Quality of life, elderly, medical compliance
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2020.12.04.377
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