Profile of Usage Antihypertensive Drugs for Outpatient with Hypertension in Community Health Center

Hypertension is a non-communicable disease that is the most important health problem due to its high prevalence. This study aims to study the profile of antihypertensive drug use in outpatients at community health centre X, in Padang City, West Sumatra, Indonesia. This study was observational using a descriptive analysis design. A retrospective study, data were collected from medical record sheets of hypertensive patients from January to December 2021.The population was 6691 patients, and random sampling using the Solvin's formula and the number of samples to be taken is 98 medical records. Sampling using the PickMe!! application, that is every month 9 medical records (January, February) and 8 medical records (March-December) are taken. The results showed that at the X community health center, most patients suffered from grade 2 hypertension with a percentage of 51.0% with the most sustained comorbidities being Diabetes mellitus with a rate of 40.5%. The type of therapy most often used is monotherapy with a percentage of 77.6% using amlodipine, and the most combination antihypertensive is amlodipine with captopril.