Profil Tingkat Pengetahuan dan Edukasi Penggunaan Suppositoria pada Pasien Rawat Jalan di Rsup Dr. M. Djamil Padang

Abstract

Suppositories are drug with a spesial way of use,with required the patients to have knowledge of how to use suppositories correctly. This research aim to study the difference in the level of knowledge in usage of suppositories before and after being given education. An analytical research, by purposive sampling. The study was conducted on 73 respondents with 30 respondents to test the validity of the questionnaire and 43 other respondents to collect research data. The validity test of the questionnaire was carried out at the Kimia Farma Pharmacy at Dr. M. Djamil Public Hospital Padang and data collection was carried out at the Outpatient Pharmacy Depot of Dr. M. Djamil Public hospital Padang. Research respondents were outpatients who bought suppository prescriptions from the two places above. Data collection techniques through pre-test/post-test design using questionnaires that have been tested for validity and reliability and education through leaflet media (p=0.000). The analysis was carried out using Wilcoxon's test. The results obtained during the pre-test showed that the dominant respondent's level of knowledge was in the sufficient category 60.47% and the post-test dominant in the good category 90.70%. The results showed that there was a significant difference in the level of knowledge of respondents between before and after giving education through leaflet media (p= 0.000). It can be concluded that there are differences in the level of knowledge patients who use suppositories before and after being given education.