Hubungan Antara Motivasi Dengan Perilaku Diet Pada Penderita Hipertensi Di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Jenggawah Kabupaten Jember

Abstract

Motivation affects patients with hypertension in performing hypertension diet behavior. Hypertension diet behavior aims to prevent recurrence of hypertension and blood pressure remains within normal limits. This study aimed to analyze the correlation between motivation and diet behavior on patients with hypertension at Jenggawah Public Health Center, Jember Regency. Further, this study uses a correlational research design with a cross-sectional approach conducted on 84 samples under the inclusion criteria using a Consecutive sampling technique. The questionnaires used are the Motivation questionnaire and Diet Behavior questionnaire. The analysis of motivation and diet behavior correlation uses correlation test, Kendall’s Tau B test, with a significance level of 0,05. The results showed that the percentage of motivation accounted for 43 respondents (51.2%) having poor motivation and 41 respondents (48.8%) having good motivation. The percentage of diet behavior for 56 respondents (66.7%) having bad dietary behavior and 28 respondents (33.3%) having good dietary behavior. There is a significant correlation between Motivation and Diet Behavior (p = 0.000 and r = 0.623) with a strong and positive correlation, which means that the higher motivation in patient hypertension, the better behavior of diet by hypertensive patients in the Jenggawah Community Health Center, Jember Regency.