HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN HIPERTENSI DENGAN SELF MANAGEMENT PADA PASIEN HIPERTENSI DI WILAYAH KERJA UPTD PUSKESMAS MENGWI II Ni Luh Yanti Ardyanti Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi Dan Kesehatan Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang : Hipertensi merupakan penyakit tidak menular yang perlu di kontrol agar mengalami komplikasi, penanganan hipertensi bisa dengan cara self management hipertensi dan tingkat pengetahuan yang baik agar untuk mencegah terjadi komplikasi. Tujuan Penelitian : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan tingkat pengetahuan hipertensi dengan self management pada pasien hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja UPTD Puskesmas Mengwi II. Metode : Penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif korelatif dengan rancangan croos sectional, dengan jumlah sampel 102 orang menggunakan alat pengumpulan data berupa kuesioner yang telah di uji menggunakan face validity. Penelitian ini menggunakan uji non parametric test Spearman’s Rho dengan uji korelasi. Hasil : Hasil nilai p value < 0,001 yang menunjukkan bahwa terdapat hubungan antara tingkat pengetahuan hipertensi dengan self management pada pasien hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja UPTD Puskesmas Mengwi II, yang memiliki tingkat pengetahuan hipertensi baik dengan self management baik sebanyak 81 (79.4%) dan responden yang memiliki tingkat pengetahuan hipertensi buruk dengan self management buruk 21 (20.6%) sebanyak responden. Kekuatan hubungan yang signifikan dengan arah korelasi positif yaitu semakin baik tingkat pengetahuan maka semakin baik self management hipertensi. Kesimpulan : Ada hubungan yang signifikan antara tingkat pengetahuan dengan self management hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja UPTD Puskesmas Mengwi II. Kata Kunci: Hipertensi, Tingkat pengetahuan, Self Management

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN HYPERTENSION KNOWLEDGE LEVEL AND SELF-MANAGEMENT OF HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS AT PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER MENGWI II Ni Luh Yanti Ardyanti Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension is a non-communicable disease that needs to be controlled in the complications, the hypertension can be handled by selfmanagement of hypertension and a good level of knowledge in order to prevent complications. Aim: To determine the correlation between the level of knowledge about hypertension and self-management in hypertensive patients at Public Health CenterMengwi II. Methods: This study employed a descriptive-correlative with a cross-sectional design. There were 102 respondents recruited as the sample and the data were collected using a questionnaire that has been tested using face validity. This study applied a non-parametric test Spearman's Rho with the correlation test. Finding. The finding of the p value was < 0.001 which indicated that there was a correlation between the level of knowledge about hypertension and self-management in hypertensive patients at Public Health Center Mengwi II. There were 81 (79.4%) respondents had good knowledge level and good level of self-management. Further, there were 21 (20.6%) respondents has low knowledge level of hypertension and poor self-management. There was a significant correlation with a positive direction. Thus, the better the level of knowledge, the better the self-management of hypertension. Conclusion: There is a significant correlation between the level of knowledge and self-management of hypertension in the working area of Public Health Center Mengwi II. Keywords: Hypertension, Knowledge level, Self-Management