The Relationship Between Lifestyle With The Event Of Hypertension In The Public Health Center I South Singkawang District Year 2016

Abstract

Background: Lifestyle is an important factor that influence of Health behavior in the Community. this factor can contribute to increases Health status in the Community because Poor Health behavior can cause degenerative disease such as hypertension. The incidence of hypertension is related to Lifestyle and personality itself in the Community. Aims: The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between lifestyle and the incidence of hypertension, including the description of lifestyle, the incidence of hypertension, and the relationship between lifestyle and the incidence of hypertension in the public health center I, South Singkawang district year 2016. Method: This study was used quantitative research methods with Correlational analytic study and a cross-sectional approach to determine the relationship between lifestyle, such as eating/diet, smoking habits, exercise habits with the incidence of hypertension. Result: Based on the results of this study, according to lifestyle, the highest percentage was obtained with a sufficient category of 8 respondents (24.2%), and according to the hypertension incidence, the highest percentage is in the medium category of 15 respondents (45.5%). Whereas according to the results of the Chi-square correlation statistical test, it was found that p = 0.001 (p <0.05), this results show that there is a lifestyle relationship with the incidence of hypertension in the public health center I, South Singkawang district year 2016. Conclusion: that there is a lifestyle relationship with the incidence of hypertension in the public health center I, South Singkawang district year 2016