HUBUNGAN PENGETAHUAN DENGAN PERILAKU DIET LANSIA HIPERTENSI DI WILAYAH KERJA UNIT PELAKSANA TEKNIS DAERAH PUSKESMAS SUKAWATI II KADEK INDRA CAHYANI Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi Dan Kesehatan Bali Email :[email protected] ABSTRAK Latar belakang: Perilaku merupakan komponen penting keberhasilan individu dalam meningkatkan status kesehatannya. Perilaku diet bagi penderita hipertensi merupakan salah satu upaya yang dianjurkan oleh petugas kesehatan untuk menstabilkan tekanan darah. Pengetahuan memiliki andil yang besar dalam menentukan perilaku individu.Tujuan Penelitian penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku diet lansia hipertensi di wilayah kerja Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah Puskesmas Sukawati II. Metode: Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian analitik korelasi dengan pendekatan cross sectional. Responden adalah 162 lansia dengan hipertensi yang direkrut melalui consecutive sampling. Data dikumpulkan menggunakan kuesioner. Data dianalisa dengan uji Pearson Product Moment mengunakan SPSS versi 20.0. Hasil: Pengetahuan lansia tentang diet hipertensi sebagian besar dalam kategori kurang(47,9%), dan perilaku diet lansia hipertensi sebagian besar dalam kategori kurang (46,9%). Hasil analisis bivariat didapatkan nilai p-value 0.000 menunjukkan ada hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku diet lansia hipertensi di wilayah kerja Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah Puskesmas Sukawati II. Kekuatan korelasi r = 0.828 menunjukkan hubungan pengetahuan dengan perilaku diet lansia hipertensi di wilayah kerja Unit Pelaksana Teknis Daerah Puskesmas Sukawati II memiliki kekuatan korelasi yang sangat kuat dan arah korelasi positif. Semakin baik pengetahuan maka semakin baik perilaku diet lansia hipertensi. Kesimpulan: pengetahuan merupakan factor penting yang mempengaruhi perilaku diet penderita hipertensi sehingga disarankan bagi praktisi kesehatan untuk meningkatkan pengetahuan melalui promosi kesehatan. Kata Kunci : Diet Hipertensi ,Pengetahuan, Perilaku

THE CORRELATION BETWEEN KNOWLEDGE AND DIETARY BEHAVIOR ON ELDERLY WITH HYPERTENSION IN THE WORKING AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER SUKAWATI II KADEK INDRA CAHYANI Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email : [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Behavior is an important component of individual success in improving their health status. Dietary behavior for elderly with hypertension is one of efforts suggested by health workers to stabilize blood pressure. Knowledge has a big contribution in changing individual behavior. Purpose: To determine the correlation between knowledge and dietary behavior on elderly with hypertension in the working area of Public Health Center Sukawati II. Method: This study employed analytical correlation research with cross sectional approach. There were 162 elderlies with hypertension recruited as the samples which were chosen by using consecutive sampling technique. The data were collected by using questionnaire. The data were analyzed by using Pearson Product Moment with SPSS version 20.0. Findings: The knowledge of elderly about dietary behavior was poor (47.9%) and dietary behavior on elderly with hypertension was poor (46.9%). The result showed that there was correlation between knowledge and dietary behavior on elderly with hypertension in the working area of Public Health Center Sukawati II (p-value 0.000). There was strong and positive correlation between knowledge and dietary behavior on elderly with hypertension in the working area of Public Health Center Sukawati II (r = 0.828). The better knowledge is, the better dietary behavior on elderly with hypertension. Conclusion: Knowledge is an important factor which influence diet behavior on elderly with hypertension. Therefore, it is expected that health workers should increase the knowledge through health promotion. Keywords: Hypertension Diet, Knowledge, Behavior