Analysis Of The Used Of Captopril Drug With Blood Pressure Of Hypertension Patients

Hypertension was a systolic blood pressure equal to or above 140 mmHg and or diastolic blood pressure equal to or above 90 mmHg. This research was done in one of Banyuwangi district Puskesmas with the purpose of analyzing the use of captopril drug to change blood pressure of hypertension patients at Banyuwangi district Puskesmas This research used a type of comparative, comparatively paired sample analytical research, with the design cohort retrospective. The instrument used in this research was a patient's medical record. Samples were calculated using the total sampling technique during the research period. The Data was processed using SPSS version 18 and analyzed use Wilcoxon test. The samples obtained during the research period were a number of 96 patients. The results showed that the use of captopril drugs gave a change in blood pressure marked with a value of P < 0.05. Captopril drugs provided changes in blood pressure decrease in hypertension patients, so it can be used as an antihypertensive recommendation according to the classification of patients in research.