Original Research Article
Year: 2021 | Month: July-September | Volume: 6 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 197-200
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijshr.20210733
Factor Analysis of Knowledge Level and Cultural Background on Health Care for Hypertension Patients in Bengkalis Regency in 2021
Nur Azmi1, Lita Sri Andayani2, R. Kintoko Rochadi3
1,2,3Universitas Sumatera Utara, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author: Nur Azmi
ABSTRACT
Hypertension is a degenerative disease that greatly affects a person's productivity and quality of life, is a silent killer with the highest prevalence rate in Indonesia. Untreated hypertension will cause complications. This study aims to determine the level of knowledge and cultural background factors on the health maintenance of hypertension patients in Bengkalis Regency in 2021. This type of research is quantitative analytic with a cross sectional design. The total population in this study was 5,938 with a total sample of 101 obtained using purposive sampling. The instrument in this study used a questionnaire used in the form of a google form. The data obtained in this study were analyzed by bivariate analysis. The results showed that there was no correlation between knowledge level factors (p=0.828) and cultural background factors (p=0.001) on health care for hypertension sufferers and the most dominant cultural background factors related to health care for hypertension sufferers (p=0.001).
Keywords: Knowledge Level, Cultural Background, Health Care, Hypertension.