Abstract :
The number of drugs used in the treatment of elderly arthritis has the potential for
drug-related problems that can occur in the treatment of arthritis, so researchers
want to conduct research on how the appropriateness of therapeutic management
is based on governance guidelines from the American College of Rheumatology
(ACR) in 2012 and see the potential for drug interactions that occur. occurred
during the treatment of arthritis in the elderly in the outpatient installation of the
Primary Clinic of Klaten PMI. According to the Basic Health Research
(RISKESDAS) in 2018 based on the diagnosis of Doctors in Indonesia there are
7.8% and the prevalence of this joint disease is based on the diagnosis of doctors
in the population aged ? 15 years. According to the characteristics of Central
Java Province, the number of people affected by joint disease is 5.69% for men
and 7.83% for women. The area of Klaten Regency which experienced joint
disease reached 5.18%. The purpose of this study was to determine the
description of the use of Athlete's BPJS Patient Medication at PMI Klaten
Primary Clinic in 2020. Descriptive research type, the population in this study
was all prescriptions of BPJS participant patients diagnosed with arthritis at the
PMI Klaten Primary Clinic in January 2020. The sampling technique was random
sampling. , analysis of data using frequency distribution. The results showed the
most widely used drug classes are analgesics from NSAIDs (Non-Steroidal AntiInflamatory Drugs) as many as 49.2%, Steroids as much as 18.7%, Multivitamin
as much as 26.9% and other drugs as much as 5.2%.