The Effect of Hypertension Health Education on Elderly in the Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Minaula, Kabupaten Konawe Selatan

Authors

  • Dian Yuniar Syanti Rahayu Jurusan Keperawatan, Poltekkes Kemenkes Kendari, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Reni Devianti Usman Jurusan Keperawatan, Poltekkes Kemenkes Kendari, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Nirwana Program Studi Kesehatan Masyarakat, STIK Avicenna, Indonesia, Indonesia
  • Firnawati Program Studi Ilmu Keperawatan, STIK Avicenna, Indonesia, Indonesia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.36990/hijp.v10i2.111

Keywords:

Health education, Elderly, Hypertension

Abstract

Hypertension is a health problem in the elderly group. As a result of rapid development and a prosperous living standards, better life expectancy, so that the numbers of elderly increasing every year. This followed with the risks of degenerative diseases and other health problems on this group. This was a quasi-experimental research with applicating hypertension health education to determine the effect to the knowledge of the elderly that living in the Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Minaula, Kabupaten Konawe Selatan. The population of this study were all of the elderly who live in the panti, and as totally 57 elderly suffering from hypertension taken as partisipants use total sampling methode. The results showed that the differences of knowledge charateristics before and after hypertension health education regarding on knowledge of the elderly. The nurses have to continue the health education for the elderly to be better understanding about hypertension.

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Published

2018-12-30 — Updated on 2021-11-05

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Rahayu, D. Y. S., Usman, R. D., Nirwana, N., & Firnawati, F. (2021). The Effect of Hypertension Health Education on Elderly in the Panti Sosial Tresna Werdha Minaula, Kabupaten Konawe Selatan. Health Information : Jurnal Penelitian, 10(2), 123–130. https://doi.org/10.36990/hijp.v10i2.111 (Original work published December 30, 2018)

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