GAMBARAN GAYA HIDUP PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI PUSKESMAS KASIHAN 1 KABUPATEN BANTUL

Management OF hypertension consist of lifestyle modification and drugs management. Healthy lifestyle could decrease the blood pressure, prevent hypertension relapses, increase the affectivity of anti-hypertension medicines, and decrease the risk for among cardiovascular diseases. The research objective of this study was to describe the lifestyle modification among hypertension patients at Kasihan 1 Kabupaten Bantul Primary Health Care. This research was descriptive quantitative research that presented in frequency and percentage. The respondent of this study was 51 hypertension patients who were chosen with accidental sampling. The data were collected by valid (Pearson Product Moment=0,045) and reliable (Cronbach’s Alpha=0,6999) questionnaire. The questionnaire was made by the researcher based on guideline. The data were analyzed by distribution frequency. The result of this study showed that the patients were mostly aged 56-65 yearold (41,7%), female (76,5%), primary school (45,1%), working as housewives (41,2%), income <Rp 1.125.000 (82,4%), information sources from the healthcare worker (92,2%), suffering hypertension since ≤ 10 years (84,3%), low systolic pressure (64,7%) and low diastole pressure (47,1%). The lifestyle of patient with hypertension which categorized in poor were dietary behavior (64,7%), physical activity (43,1%), and stress management (43,1%). None of respondents consumed alcohol and smoke actively, however 39,2% of respondent were passive smoker. . The lifestyle was in poor category. Kasihan 1 Primary Health Care is expected to optimize the role of nurse to give education related to healthy lifestyle to control hypertension. Further research can explore other variable such as religion, culture, history and role of family with greater number of samples and different research method.