GAMBARAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN KELUARGA TENTANG PENCEGAHAN KOMPLIKASI HIPERTENSI PADA LANSIA DI PUSKESMAS I DENPASAR UTARA Ni Ketut Elis Susanti Falkutas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar belakang. Hipertensi masih menjadi masalah kesehatan pada lansia. Pencegahan hipertensi perlu dilakukan oleh semua penderita hipertensi agar dapat menghindari atau mengurangi komplikasi. Keluarga memegang peranan penting dalam perawatan maupun pencegahan kesehatan pada anggota keluarga lainnya. Tujuan. Untuk mengetahui tingkat pengetahuan keluarga tentang pencegahan komplikasi hipertensi pada lansia di Puskesmas I Denpasar Utara. Metode. Desain penelitian ini menggunakan desain deskriptif dengan pendekatan cross-sectional. Jumlah sampel yakni 100 responden dengan menggunakan teknik nonprobability yaitu consecutive sampling. Instrument yang digunakan berupa kuesioner yang dibuat melalui Google Form dengan 20 pernyataan. Uji validitas kuesioner menggunakan face validity. Data analisis menggunakan Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS). Hasil. Pengetahuan keluarga tentang pencegahan komplikasi hipertensi pada lansia menunjukkan bahwa sebanyak 44 (44,0%) responden memiliki pengetahuan yang baik, sebanyak 37 (37,0%) responden memiliki pengetahuan yang cukup, dan sebanyak 19 (19,0%) responden memiliki pengetahuan yang kurang. Responden menjawab dengan benar pada setiap pernyataan yang berbeda pada jenis pencegahan komplikasi hipertensi. Kesimpulan. Sebagian besar responden memiliki tingkat pengetahuan yang baik dan berdasarkan distribusi frekuensi menunjukan bahwa responden memiliki pengetahuan tentang jenis pencegahan komplikasi hipertensi pada lansia. Kata Kunci: Pengetahuan Keluarga, Pencegahan Komplikasi Hipertensi, Lansia.

THE FAMILY KNOWLEDGE LEVEL ABOUT THE PREVENTION OF HYPERTENSION COMPLICATIONS AMONG ELDERLY AT PUBLIC HEALTH CENTRE 1 NORTH DENPASAR Ni Ketut Elis Susanti Faculty of health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension still become a health problem among elderly. Hypertension prevention needs to be done by all people with hypertension in order to avoid or reduce the complications. The family plays an important role in the care and prevention of health of family members. Purpose: To determine the family knowledge level about the prevention of hypertension complications among elderly at Public Health Centre 1 North Denpasar. Method: This study employed descriptive design with cross-sectional approach. There were 100 respondents recruited as sample of the study which were selected through nonprobability technique with consecutive sampling. The data were collected by using online questionnaire (Google Form) with 20 questions and used face validity test. The data were analyzed by using Statistical Program for Social Science (SPSS). Result: The finding showed that there were 44 respondents (44.0%) had good knowledge, there were 19 respondents (19.0%) had moderate knowledge and there were 19 respondents (19.0%) had low knowledge. Respondents answered correctly on each statement that was different on the type of prevention of hypertension complications. Conclusion: The majority of the respondents have a good level of knowledge and based on the frequency distribution shows that the respondents have knowledge about the types of prevention of hypertension complications among elderly. Keywords: Family Knowledge, prevention of hypertension complications, Elderly