Abstrak B.inggris

ABSTRACT

The family has an important role for the elderly who suffer from hypertension particularly in administering the diet. The role of guide and solve the problem so that the granting of the diet on the elderly with hypertension can be managed well by the family. As for this research aims to know the factors that relate to the behavior of the family in providing a diet of hypertension in the elderly. The factors is a knowledge, attitude, age, gender, education, health facilities, and the availability of health care personnel. This research is a descriptive quantitative analysis with the use of cross sectional. The number of samples in the study as many as 79 respondents. Sampling using total sampling. The instruments used in this research is with interviews using questionnaire. The Data were analyzed using analysis of univariate analysis and bivariat. Bivariat analysis results showed that (a) there is a relationship between knowledge and behavior of hypertension diet feeding families in on the elderly (b) there is a relationship between attitudes and behavior in the family diet feeding on the elderly hypertension; (c) there is a relationship between age and family behavior in the awarding of the diet on the elderly hypertension; (d) there is no relation between the sexes with family behavior in the awarding of the diet on the elderly hypertension; (e) there is no relationship between education and family behavior in the awarding of the diet on the elderly hypertension; (f) there is no relationship between the availability of health facilities with family behavior in the awarding of the diet on the elderly hypertension ; (g) there is no relationship between health workers and family behavior in the awarding of the diet on the elderly hypertension. Families need to be aware of the importance of its role in maintaining or monitoring the nutrition given to the elderly with hypertension. Families and people with hypertension should work together so that people with hypertension obediently endured a diet low in salt to blood pressure sufferers of hypertension can be controlled well.

Keywords       : Factors, Attitude, Family, Hypertension Diet