Granularity Effect of Patient’s Medication Compliance Moderated by Communicator

Abstract

Information about the time to take medication to patients is very important to be considered by each hospital. Many hospital communicators in this study (specialist doctors or co-assistants) who provide information about the time to take medication using the word 3 times a day, so that there are often differences in perceptions received by patients that affect adherence to taking medication. The use of fine granularity (every 8 hours) is once thought to be more precise than coarse granularity (3 times a day). Objective: Analyze fundamentally (exploratory research) the effect of granularity on patient compliance with medication moderated by communicators. Method: The study was conducted by collecting quantitative data with a questionnaire distributed to 120 respondents. This data is analyzed using two ways ANOVA. Results: Information about the time to take medicine delivered by expert communicators using fine granularity every 8 hours once more increases the patient's need to take medication. The contribution of this study is so that specialists at the Hospital can use the word every 8 hours for the time to take medication to further improve the health of the Indonesian people.