HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN TENTANG HIPERTENSI DENGAN TINDAKAN PENCEGAHAN HIPERTENSI PADA LANSIA DI BPSTW BUDI LUHUR BANTUL

Background: Hypertension is an increase in systemic blood pressure persistent where the systolic blood pressure is ≥ 140 and the diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg. Hypertension is one of the main causes of morbidity in increasing morbidity and mortality or mortality rates in Indonesia, so the management of this disease is a very common intervention conducted at various levels of health facilities.
Research Objectives: Knowing the relationship level of knowledge about hypertension with hypertension prevention measures in the elderly at BPSTW Budi Luhur Bantul.
Methods: The research design used a cross sectional approach, namely a research design in which the measurement or observation was carried out simultaneously at one time. The research design used in this research was purposive sampling, namely sampling for a specific purpose. The sample in this research were all hypertension patients in BPSTW Budi Luhur Bantul as many as 44 respondents.
Results: Based on the results of the Spearman Rank calculation, it was obtained p-value = 0.642> (0.05) (p-value greater than α = 0.05. This means that there is no significant relationship between the level of knowledge about hypertension and hypertension prevention measures in the elderly at BPSTW Budi Luhur Bantul.