HUBUNGAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA DAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN PADA PASIEN HIPERTENSI DI PUSKESMAS BAWANGAN KECAMATAN PLOSO

(Latar Belakang) Hypertension is defined as a persistent increase in blood pressure above normal blood pressure, systolic pressure more than 140 mmHg or diastolic pressure more than 90 mmHg. Efforts to avoid it, both internal and external therapies are needed, one of which is family support and knowledge, family support is a form of interpersonal relationship that includes attitudes, actions and acceptance of family members, so that family members feel that someone is paying attention to them. Management of hypertension requires familysupport and knowledge of patients in the healing process so that process is going well.
(Tujuan) This study aims to determine whether or not there is a relationship between family support and the level of knowledge of hypertensive patients at the Bawangan Health Center, Ploso subdistrict.
(Metode) This study is a type of Correlational Non-Experimental research, using aCross Sectional Study design conducted on hypertensive patients using a validatedquestionnaire. The sampling method used was purposive sampling with a sample of 94 hypertensive patients. Data analysis using the Chi-Square test with a significance value (α) of 0.05.
(Hasil dan Kesimpulan) The results obtained are a picture of family support for hypertensive patients as much as 84% get good family support, 14.9% get enough family support and the last with less family support as much as 1.1%. In this study,a picture of the level of knowledge of hypertensive patients was also obtained as much as 93.6% had good knowledge, 5.3% had sufficient knowledge, and 1.1% had insufficient knowledge. The results of data analysis using chi-square showed that there was a relationship between family support and the level of knowledge ofhypertensive patients (p=0.000).