KARAKTERISTIK PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI PUSKESMAS TITI PAPAN KECAMATAN MEDAN DELI TAHUN 2012
Abstract: Hypertension is one
of the degenerative diseases that a public health problem and a leading cause
of death and morbidity are high in Indonesia and often appear without symptoms.
Hypertension is caused by many factors, such as smoking, drink alcohol, drink
coffee, stress and many more. In Indonesia, the prevalence of hypertension
ranged from 30.7%. Based on the profile of the North Sumatra Provincial Health
Office in 2008 which refers to the results Riskesdas 2007 in North Sumatra,
from 10 types of non-communicable diseases is known that the prevalence of
hypertension was ranked the fourth highest proportion of 5.8%.
This study aims to determine how the characteristics of patients with
hypertension in the Health Center Titi Papan Deli Medan District in 2012. Type
of research is a descriptive study design case series. The samples size in this
study were 258 men who comprised 98 (38.0%) men and 160 (62.0%) women. This
study uses secondary data collection were obtained from patients with
hypertension status card in Titi Health Center Board in 2012. Processing data
using SPSS version 15.0 and statistical analysis using Chi Square.
From the analysis using a statistical test Chi Square test is obtained
there is no significant relationship between sex (p = 0.483) and occupation (p
= 0.360) with the degree of hypertension by Chi Square test. While statistical
analysis of age, education and place with the degree of hypertension can not be
done because there are expected cell count of less than 5.
To the community health center to check the blood presure of each patient
aged >20 years old, every who go to the community health center.
Penulis: Rasmaliah, Mkes,
drh.Hiswani.M.kes, rio iskandar
Kode Jurnal: jpkesmasdd140161
