PERSENTASE PERESEPAN OBAT HIPERTENSI TERHADAP PASIEN HIPERTENSI DI RSU. BUNDA THAMRIN MEDAN

Abstract

Hypertension takes place when in the body the systolic blood pressure increases to ≥ 140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg, when repeated blood pressure checks are performed. Systolic blood pressure is the basis for determining the diagnosis of hypertension. This research was conducted with the aim of knowing the percentage of hypertension drug prescriptions for hypertensive patients at general hospital of Bunda Thamrin Medan. This research is a quantitative descriptive study. The secondary data were taken from hypertension drug prescriptions given to patients in the period May - August 2019. Furthermore, the data were grouped based on sex, age and drug class. After that, the calculation about the amount and percentage were made. This research was conducted at general hospital of Bunda Thamrin Medan during February-June 2020. The following are the results of research on the overall percentage of hypertension drug prescriptions in May-August 2019 at the Hospital Pharmacy Installation of Bunda Thamrin Medan: from 544 patients, it was found that 47.79% were male and 52.21% female; 3.30% aged 26-45 years, 38.60% aged 46-65 years, and 58.10% aged> 65 years; Prescription drugs for the CCB class were 42.97%, ACEIs were 4.90%, BW was 16.35% and ARB reached 35.78%. Based on the research results, it was known the most widely used hypertension drug class in the Hospital Pharmacy Installation of Bunda Thamrin Medan during May-August 2019, that was CCB, reaching 42.97%.