Effects of Perceived Self- Efficacy and Social Support Program on Anty hypertensive Drug Use Behavior in Hypertension Patients

Abstract

The research aimed to study a behavior in using medication to reduce patients’ hypertension patients and compare medication use to reduce hypertension and blood pressure level between the programmed group and normal group. The samples were 60 hypertension patients divided into two groups of 30 each. They were derived by a simple random sampling. The experimental group was to undergo the program for eight weeks. The research instrument was divided into two sets. One was the program to enhance one’ own potential awareness along with social support. The other was the questionnaire used to collect data on medication use to reduce hypertension among the patients; its discrimination ranged from 0.23 to 0.68. and its confidence value was equivalent to 0.82. And reliability of a test was 0.85. Statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation and t-test. The research results were as follows: 1. Medication use of the Hypertension patients was at a high level. 2.The patients who perceived the program had a more correct medication use than the patients who were given a regular service. 3.The patients who perceived the program in question had a better knowledge than the patients who were given a regular service. 4.The patients who perceived the program in question had a lower hypertension than the patients who were given a regular service. The results of this study research demonstrate that the program on self-efficacy promoting and social support was chiefly concerned with the effects of patients’ medications using. They can use their medicine properly. The patients perceive more about the Hypertension. The curve of blood pressure became lower. So, the improvement of the simple activities plan and the manual of 7 R (7 Right) using medicines can promote the hypertension’s patient behavior to control the level of blood pressure. This situations decrease the patients’ complications and mortality.