PERBEDAAN PERAWATAN MANDIRI DIET PADA LANSIA DENGAN HIPERTENSI DI KOTA DAN DESA Ni Made Rahayu Marini Fakultas Kesehatan Program Studi Sarjana Keperawatan Institut Teknologi dan Kesehatan Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRAK Latar Belakang: Hipertensi merupakan penyakit yang disebut sebagai the silent killer yang menimbulkan berbagai komplikasi, sehingga perlu dilakukan upaya perawatan mandiri hipertensi. Perawatan mandiri diet merupakan salah satu penatalaksanaan untuk mengelola tekanan darah. Tujuan: Penelitian ini untuk mengetahui perbedaan perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia dengan hipertensi di kota dan desa. Metode: Desain penelitian ini menggunakan penelitian analitik komparatif dengan model pendekatan cross-sectional. Sampel berjumlah 140 responden dengan teknik sampling yaitu consecutive sampling. Pengumpulan data menggunakan kuesioner perawatan mandiri diet hipertensi. Analisa data yang digunakan adalah Mann-Whitney U Test menggunakan SPSS versi 22. Hasil: Berdasarkan hasil penelitian perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia dengan hipertensi di kota dan desa menunjukkan hasil bahwa perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia di kota sebanyak 67 (95,7%) responden memiliki perawatan mandiri diet yang baik, sedangkan perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia di desa sebanyak 59 (84,3%) responden memiliki perawatan mandiri diet yang baik. Dengan hasil p-value 0,067 > 0,05 yang berarti tidak ada perbedaan perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia dengan hipertensi di kota dan desa. Kesimpulan: Meskipun tidak ada perbedaan antara perawatan mandiri diet pada lansia di kota dan desa, pihak puskesmas diharapkan selalu melakukan pendampingan dan memberikan edukasi, sehingga pasien dengan penyakit kronis mampu mengontrol tekanan darahnya. Kata Kunci: Hipertensi, Lansia, Perawatan Mandiri Diet

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DIET SELF-CARE IN ELDERLY WITH HYPERTENSION IN CITY AND VILLAGE Ni Made Rahayu Marini Faculty of Health Bachelor of Nursing Program Institute of Technology and Health Bali Email: [email protected] ABSTRACT Background: Hypertension is a disease known as the silent killer which causes various complications, so efforts to treat hypertension independently are necessary. Diet self-care is one of the management to manage blood pressure. Purpose: To identify the differences between diet self-care in elderly with hypertension in city and village. Method: This study employed comparative analytic correlation design with cross-sectional approach. There were 140 respondents recruited as sample of the study which were selected by using consecutive sampling. The data were collected by using questionnaire of hypertension diet self-care. The data were analyzed by using Mann-Whitney U Test using SPSS version 22 Result: The finding showed that there were 67 respondents (95.7%) had good diet self-care in elderly in the city. There were 59 respondents (84.3%) had good diet self-care in elderly in the village. There was no difference between diet self-care in elderly with hypertension in city and village with p-value 0.067 > 0.05 Conclusion: Although there is no difference between diet self-care in elderly in city and village, public health center staff is expected to provide assistance and education, so that patients with chronic illnesses are able to control their blood pressure. Keywords: Hypertension, Elderly, Diet Self-Care