Hubungan Cultural Value dengan Kejadian Hipertensi Pada Lansia

Objective: As the life expectancy of the population increases, the incidence of degenerative
diseases will increase. Degenerative disease that has a high level of morbidity and
mortality is hypertension. Several factors that can influence are environmental factors,
socio-cultural factors, health facilities, heredity and so on. Some changes to human
life both in terms of lifestyle, social order and health are often related to culture. The
purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between cultural values and the
incidence of hypertension in the elderly in the work area of the Pakong Public Health
Center
Methods: The design used is correlational analytic cross sectional approach with a sample
of 82 elderly, which was taken using simple random sampling technique. Data were
collected using a questionnaire and analyzed using the Chi-Square SPSS 21 test.
Result: The results showed that there was a relationship between cultural value and the
incidence of hypertension in the elderly with a p-value of 0.000 0.05 which showed that
cultural values were related to the incidence of hypertension in the elderly.
Conclusion: Nurses' understanding of the cultural values of the community needs to be
improved to make it easier to provide preventive measures and treatment for hypertension
patients.