relationship of health belief model with medication adherence and risk factor prevention in hypertension patients in cimahi city, indonesia

Background: medical adherence is critical to hypertension treatment. medication non-adherence is one of the problems affecting hypertensive patients. belief in health treatment is very important to support adherence behavior, especially in hypertension.  aim: the present research aimed to determine the relationship of the health belief model with medical adherence and risk factor prevention in hypertension patients. method: this cross-sectional study was conducted on patients referring to health centers in cimahi city, indonesia, in 2020. a total of 180 patients were selected via the purposive sampling method. the instrument used to measure medical treatment adherence and risk factor prevention was the hill-bone compliance to high blood pressure therapy scale. the data were analyzed in spss software using the chi-square test and logistic regression test. results: the majority of participants were female (88.9%), unemployed (76.7%), within the age range of 40-59 years (60.0%), and had low education (75.0%). moreover, most cases had health insurance (91.7%), with a maximum duration of hypertension less than 5 years (70.6%), and a body mass index (bmi) between 18.5-25.0 (45%). the health belief model was related to adherence to hypertension treatment (p<0.05); nonetheless, in the multivariate model, the perceived benefit had no significant relationship when entering into the regression model. implications for practice: to improve medication adherence and risk factor prevention in hypertensive patients, it is necessary to strengthen the health belief model with continuous and ongoing education about hypertension.