The Effect of Calendarized Drug Package on Patients Compliance with Antibiotics

BACKGROUND: Patients’ compliance with antibiotics has been one of the global challenges in combating antibiotics resistance. Patients will tend to forget their antibiotics, especially when they feel better. Related to this phenomenon, the development of medication reminder media is essential. AIM: This experimental study was aimed to develop and apply calendarized package as a medication reminder media in patients with short-course antibiotics to improve their compliance. METHODS: Calendarized package was prepared from the labeling of the original package of antibiotics with stickers. Patients above 18 years old who were prescribed short-course oral antibiotics (not more than 7 days) during the study period were asked to participate in this study. Patients were grouped into two groups (control and intervention group). Patients’ demographical data, medications prescribed, and the last antibiotics course day was recorded. Patients were then contacted for compliance evaluation on the latest antibiotics course day. RESULTS: A total of 150 patients who met the inclusion criteria were recruited in this study. Seventy-six patients were grouped into the intervention group, while the remaining 74 patients were the control group. The results showed that the number of compliant patients in the intervention group was higher (72.37%) than those in the control group (45.95%), respectively (p < 0.000). CONCLUSION: The application of the calendar on the package indicates the positive impact on the patients’ compliance with antibiotics. However, in this study, the compliance measurement was conducted indirectly because of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. However, several limitations should be considered. Future research using a bigger sample size and stricter compliance measurement method is needed to confirm this finding.

Pengaruh Pemahaman Akuntansi dan Pemahaman Perpajakan terhadap Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak pada KPP Pratama Madiun

The research aims to provide empirical evidence of the influence understanding of accounting and understanding of taxation on taxpayer compliance. Measurement of variables in this study using a Likert scale from scale 1 to strongly disagree to scale 4 to strongly agree. The sample in this study was 112 individual taxpayers in KPP Pratama Madiun. Sampling refers to the Slovin formula with a purposive sampling method and analyzed using multiple linear regression. The results of this study indicate that the understanding of accounting has no effect on taxpayer compliance while understanding of taxation has an effect on taxpayer compliance. Keywords: Understanding of Accounting; Understanding of Taxation; Taxpayer Compliance.

On-Machine Measuring Instrument of Workpiece Compliance Using Laser Interferometer

Workpiece vibration is a crucial issue in machining of thin-walled workpieces because of their large compliance. The workpiece compliance should be considered in setting machining conditions to suppress the vibration. However, the conventional impact test is laborious, and its result depends on the operator’s skill. In this study, an on-machine measurement instrument was developed to measure the compliance of thin-walled workpieces. The developed measuring instrument can be attached to the machine tool spindle for automatic compliance measurement. The workpiece compliance measured by a swept sine excitation using the developed instrument was comparable to the compliance by the conventional impact test.