PENGARUH HYPERTENTION SELF MANAGEMENT EDUCATION ( HSME) TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH DI PUSKESMAS KABANJAHE

Abstract

Hypertension is a persistent blood pressure with systolic blood pressure above 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure above 90 mmHg. The treatment of hypertension is highly depend on the information given by nurse to patients’ skills on self care management to modify and maintain effective behavior. These activities include self management in prescribed medication, health monitoring, adequate rest, stress management and prescribed diet and exercises. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Hypertension Self Management Education (HSME) on controlling blood pressure in hypertensive patients in the Kabanjahe health center.This research used the quasi experimental research, using pretest and posttest with control group design. The samples of  research consisted of 40 respondents, and they were divided into two groups, namely: control group and intervention group. The data of research were analyzed by using the Paired T-test. The result of research shows that the p-values of Paired T-test of the experiment and control groups were 0.782 and 0.577 respectively whereas the p- value of Independent T-test was 0.001 (p