Abstract
Hypertension is still a significant problem in the global health sector today. The general public recognizes this condition as "high blood pressure" because blood pressure increases beyond the normal threshold. Health education has a major role in increasing public understanding about hypertension. So media outreach using the Tiktok social media platform can expand public knowledge and understanding regarding the urgency of hypertension. Objective: To determine the influence of the TikTok educational media platform on the knowledge of hypertension sufferers. Method: The design in this research uses a quasi-experimental approach using a one group pretest posttest design. Results: based on the results of statistical tests using the Paired Samples Test, the resulting P value is 0.000 < 0.05. Conclusion: it can be concluded that there is an influence of the TikTok educational media platform on the knowledge of hypertension sufferers in the Cireunghas Health Center working area. Suggestion: It is recommended for future researchers to measure the influence of respondent characteristics such as age, gender, education level, length of time suffering from hypertension, type of work and type of anti-hypertensive medication used on the knowledge of hypertension sufferers
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