CORRELATION ANALYSIS OF HYPERTENSION SELF EFFICACY WITH SELF CARE MANAGEMENT OF ADULT PATIENTS AT GROGOL SUKOHARJO HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

The national prevalence of hypertension is still very high to 25,8%, in Central Java hypertension still occupies the largest proportion of all reported non-communicable diseases which is equal to 57,87 %. In Sukoharjo regency on 2015 there were an increase of 33.207 sufferens. Hypertension is a chronic disease, therefore patients must be responsible for self care management. Hypertension patients who make lifestyle modifications to control their blood pressure are only about 30% of all hypertension sufferers and the phenomena that occur in Grogol Sukoharjo Health Center most hypertension sufferers do not manage their hypertension well and some sufferers are unable to manage it properly. Method is Explanatory research with cross sectional design. The population of this research was all patients who took medication at Grogol Sukoharjo Health Center in the period of 2017. The sampling technique used was simple random sampling of 128 people. Data collection technique are conducted by structured interviews using questionnaires. Bivarite data analysis using the chi square test. The result showed that there was a significant correlation between self efficacy and self care management of hypertension with a p value = 0.001 so it can be concluded that a person with good self efficacy can carry out self care management well too. There is a correlation between self efficacy and self care management in hypertension

Keywords: hypertension, self efficacy, self care management