Background: In Indonesia, burden of hypertension is still reaching the uppermost rank among all diseases. Recent data showed that only 0.7% of people diagnosed with hypertension were taking their suggested regiment of medication. Objective: To determine the relationship between medication adherence to hypertension status in hypertensive patients in public health center. Method: This was an analytical-observational, cross-sectional study design involving 55 patients with hypertension who attended general and geriatric outpatient clinic of Mengwi I Public Health Center, Bali, from May until September 2018. Medication adherence was assessed with the Modified Morisky Adherence Scale-8 (MAMS-8) questionnaire and hypertension status was determined based on medical record. Chi-square analysis used to see the relationship between hypertension status with medication adherence, current anti-hypertensive therapy, changes in therapy, number of visits, comorbid diseases, duration of hypertension, exercise habits, and age. Result: Most subjects were women (61,8%) with average age of 62.9 ± 9.9 years. Of all subjects, 47.3% were non-adherent and 58,2% had uncontrolled hypertension. Only 25.5% patient had more than 4 consecutive visits. Mean duration of hypertension was 2.4 ± 1.9 years. There was a significant relationship between medication adherence and the amounts of visits with hypertension status (P
Key words: hypertension, adherence, visits, public health center
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