Relation between Hypertension Knowledge and Behavior with Blood Pressure on Hypertensive Farm Workers in Mumbulsari Public Health Center Working Area

Abstract

The prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia is still relatively high. One of them is hypertension experienced by people who work as farm workers. The high prevalence of hypertension can be caused by the lack of knowledge and behavior of farm workers regarding hypertension. Knowledge about hypertension affects the formation of hypertension control behavior so that it has an impact on blood pressure values. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between knowledge and behavior about hypertension with the blood pressure of hypertensive farm workers in the work area of the Mumbulsari Jember Health Center. This study used subjects of agricultural workers who had hypertension in the working area of the Mumbulsari Jember Health Center. The study was conducted by measuring the subject's knowledge about hypertension using the Hypertension Knowledge-Level Scale (HK-LS) questionnaire, the subject's behavior regarding hypertension using the High Blood Pressure – Self Care Profile – Behavior Scale (HBP-SCP-BS) questionnaire, and blood pressure using a digital sphygmomanometer. The results of the study obtained included the majority of subjects had knowledge with sufficient category of 61.90%, behavior with sufficient category of 57.14%, and blood pressure with stage 1 hypertension category of 47.61%. Bivariate analysis with the Mann-Whitney test did not show a significant association between knowledge and blood pressure, but there was a significant relationship between behavior and blood pressure.