Hubungan Efikasi Diri dengan Upaya Pengendalian Hipertensi pada Pasien Hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Jenggawah Kabupaten Jember

Abstract

Hypertension is a chronic increase of blood pressure that occurs because the heart works hard to pump blood to meet body's oxygen and nutritional needs. Hypertension managements help patients to control blood pressure and prevent its complications. One of factors that influence hypertension managements is self- efficacy. This study aims to analyze the relationship between self-efficacy and hypertension managements in hypertensive patients at Jenggawah Health Center in Jember Districk . This research used descriptive analytical method with cross sectional approach. There were 144 people of hipertensive patients were selected with quota sampling. Data collection by using two questionnaires, self-efficacy with value of reability index α: 0,780 and hypertension managements with value of reability index α: 0,90. The data analysis used a spearman rank with 95% CI. The result found that there was a significant and strong relationship between self- efficacy and hypertension managements (p : 0.001, α: 0,05, r: 0.884). It is mean, the higher of self-efficacy ,the higher of patients hypertension managements because self-efficacy as one of key factors to motivate patients so they can perform prevention activities to reduce the complications of hypertension.