The Relationship Between Knowledge and the Role of the Family and Efforts to Control Blood Pressure in Hypertension Patients at the Mangasa Community Health Center, Makassar City

Abstract

High blood pressure, or what is often called hypertension, is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease with quite high prevalence and mortality. The prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia is around 31.7%, of which 76.1% are not aware that they have hypertension. In Makassar City, hypertension is in 4th place out of 10 main diseases for all age groups in Makassar City in 2013 with a total of 71,032 cases. The aim of the research was to determine the relationship between knowledge and the role of the family and efforts to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients at the Mangasa Community Health Center, Makassar City. This type of research is analytical observational research, with a cross-sectional design. The sample in this study were hypertensive patients who were seeking treatment at the Mangasa Health Center, Makassar City at the time the research was conducted, namely 65 people, using an accidental sampling technique from March 3 to April 3 2017. Data was collected using a questionnaire. The results of the research show that there is a relationship between knowledge and efforts to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients, with the results of the chi square test obtaining a value of p = 0.002 < 0.05, and there is a relationship between the role of the family and efforts to control blood pressure in hypertensive patients, with the test results the chi square value obtained was p = 0.001 < 0.05. Based on the research results, it was concluded that the better the knowledge and role of the family in hypertensive patients, the better the patient's efforts to control blood pressure. It is recommended that the Community Health Center provide health education to the community, patients and families in the form of counseling, to increase knowledge about how to control blood pressure so that the risk of more serious disease complications does not occur.