Determinants of hypertension in elderly at Puskesmas Mauk, 2015


Abstract: Hypertension is a public health serious problem, because if unchecked will grow and cause dangerous complications, which can lead to complications eg, stroke, coronary heartdisease, and kidney failure. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship of thefactors with the incidence of hypertension in the elderly.
Methods: This research is a quantitative study using cross sectional approach. The population were all elderly who live in Puskesmas Mauk area. The sample size in this study were 148, obtained using simple random sampling technique. The statistical test used in this study with chisquare test.
Results: Statistical analysis found more hypertension suffered by elderly men (67.3%), aged 65-70 years (92.5%), history of hypertension (77.5%) and less regular exercise (94.1% ). Chi-square testprove that there is a relationship between sex and hypertension (p = 0.000), age and hypertension(p = 0.000), history of hypertension and hypertension (p = 0.000), exercise and hypertension (p = 0.000).
Conclusions: From the research results suggested that the community can implement a healthy lifestyle from a young age as regular exercise so that it can undergo old age away from the threat of hypertension.
Keywords: age, elderly, exercise, gender, history of hypertension, hypertension
Penulis: Iis Sumiyati
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd160252

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