The relationship between self efficacy and medication adherence in elderly with hypertension

Introduction: The elderly will experience a decrease in health status caused by either disease or nature, so they are at risk of suffering from hypertension. Hypertension can be controlled medication adherence. Self-efficacy is factor that plays an important role self-efficacy lies person's self-knowledge, which refers to self-confidence achieving hypertension treatment goals. To identify the relationship between and level adherence with Methods: This study used cross-sectional method random sampling technique. sample this was 60 older people Mejing Wetan. measuring instrument MASES-R measure MMAS-8 Univariate analysis descriptive statistical analysis, while Bivariate SPSS Chi-Square method. There significant if p < 0.05. Results: results showed respondents' dominated moderate category (41.7%), (73.3%) respondents were disobedient taking medication, significance value p=0.000. It indicated as p<0.05. In addition, correlation very strong (r=0.781). Conclusion: positive direction