The correlation between self-care behavior and the self-efficacy of hypertensive adults

Adiyasa, Ratna Puspita and Cruz, Bea Gracia M (2020) The correlation between self-care behavior and the self-efficacy of hypertensive adults. Indonesian Nursing Journal Of Education And Clinic (Injec), 5 (1). ISSN 2527-8819

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Abstract

Medication adherence is critical to succesful of hypertension control, and other effort to maintain blood pressure for hypertensive adult is lifestyle modifica­tions involving healthy eating, sodium reduction, and increased physical activity. A person’s behavior to maintain their health condition including their high blood pressure can be affected by their self-efficacy. The purpose of this study is to assess the self-care behavior of hypertensive adults to examine its relationship with the self-efficacy in order to propose inputs to the development of lifestyle program. Methods: The descriptive correlation method of quantitative research utilized in this study. The respondents of this stady consisted of of 120 hypertensive adults. The self-care behavior and self-efficacy of hypertensive adults were assessed use questionnaires and statistically tested with pearson-r. Results: The characteristic of respondents in this study were mostly female (76.7%), age ≥ 60 years old (57.5%), and graduated from Senior High School (59.2%). The pearson-r results showed that the computated T of 4.705 was greater than tabular value of 1.96 so that the null hypothesis was rejected. Conclusions: The characteristic of respondents in this study were mostly female (76.7%), age ≥ 60 years old (57.5%), and graduated from Senior High School (59.2%). There is a significant relationship between self-care bahavior and self-efficacy of hypertensive adults.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: behavior; hypertension; self-care; self-efficacy
Subjects: 600 Teknologi > 610 Ilmu Kedokteran > 613 Kesehatan Umum dan Perorangan > 613.7 Kesehatan dan kesegaran jasmani; gerak badan, kegiatan olahraga, persantaian,istirahat, tidur
Depositing User: Yohana Adriani, A.Md
Date Deposited: 24 May 2021 13:44
Last Modified: 19 Aug 2021 08:39
URI: http://repo.stikesbethesda.ac.id/id/eprint/833

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