HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PASIEN PENDERITA HIPERTENSI TERHADAP SIKAP DALAM PENCEGAHAN STROKE
Abstract: The prevalence of
hypertension in Indonesia reaches 25.8 of the population at the age of over 18 years. Knowledge and attitude
awareness to prevent stroke complication need to be done by hypertension
sufferers because they to be affilicted
to stroke. This study aimed to identify the correlation of knowledge of
patients with hypertension to an attitudes in preventing stroke in poly
internal medicine of RSUD Arifin Achmad Riau Province. This research uses descriptive
correlational research design. The number of samples was 40 people. Information
and data were obtained by using questioner. The results of the research showed
that 30% of the patient's knowledge has been categorized into good and 62.5%
attitude in preventing stroke has also already been in the good category. The
analysis of correlation between knowledge of
patient with hypertension to the attitude in preventing stroke was
measured by using Chi Square p value = 0,02 (<α 0,05). The conclusion
indicates that there is an analysis of
the relationship of patients knowledge of hypertension to the attitude in the
preventing stroke. It is suggested to the next researcher to do research on
factors that influence attitude of patient's with hypertension in preventing
stroke.
Keywords: Hypertension,
Knowledge, Stroke Prevention
Penulis: Larasati Inayah,
Safri Safri, Arneliwati
Kode Jurnal: jpkeperawatandd180111
