JURNAL ILMU KESEHATAN JURNAL ILMU KESEHATAN STIKES DUTA GAMA KLATEN PENGGUNAAN OBAT ANTIEPILEPSI PADA PASIEN RAWAT JALAN DI RSU PURWOGONDO

Abstract

Cases of epilepsy in the world are about 50 million people, 80 % are found in developing countries. Epilepsy is characterized by repeated seizures for no reason. Treatment of epilepsy is with anti-epileptic drugs. The purpose of this study was to determine the percentage of use of anti-epileptic drugs in BPJS outpatient epilepsy patients at Purwogondo Hospital for the period January – December 2021. This research uses a descriptive method with a qualitative design. The data retrieval technique uses data from medical records. The sampling technique used is the total sampling on the medical record data of epilepsy patients in January – December 2021 as many as 353 prescription sheets.

Data analysis using qualitative. Based on the results of research that epilepsy is widely suffered in male patients (60 %). The age range of people with epilepsy is dominated in children 6-

11 years (35 %) and the type of prescription visits in people with epilepsy is for one-week use of the drug (84 %). Based on the amount of drugs most prescribe    at    Purwogondo    Hospital, namely phenytoin 10mg (31 %) with a single prescribing type (59 %).