The prevalence of hyperuricemia worldwide reaches 5.4%. This encourages
people to consume antihyperuricemic drugs, both conventional and traditional
medicine. This study aims to identify the correlation between knowledge, attitude
and behavior towards decision to use traditional and conventional medicine in the
treatment of hyperuricemia in Banyumas Regency. This research is an analytic
observational type. Methods of collecting data in this study using questionnaires
and interviews. This research was conducted in pharmacies in the district located
in Banyumas Regency with respondents in the form of pharmacy visitors and the
number of respondents as many as 230 respondents. Based on the results of the
study, the dominant results were 87 (37.3%) respondents with good knowledge,
89 (38.2%) respondents had a positive attitude, and 91 (39.1%) respondents had
positive behavior. Based on the results of the chi square test, it can be concluded
that there is a significant relationship between the knowledge, attitude and
behavior of respondents towards the decision to use traditional and conventional
medicine in the treatment of hyperuricemia with p value (0.000) <0.05. And the
results of logistic regression analysis showed that the knowledge variable that
most influenced the decision to use traditional and conventional medicine in the
treatment of hyperuricemia with an odds ratio of 0.233. The results of the
qualitative research show that the factors supporting the decision to use traditional
and conventional medicine include sources of information, education, occupation,
age and experience, economy, socio-cultural environment.