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Abstract
The use of traditional medicines to decrease hypertension were increased. The use
of them were influenced by knowledge and attitude. The purpose of this study is to
know the correlation of knowledge and attitude of the elderly in use of the traditional
medicine to reducing hypertension in Batang Tumu Health Center, District of Inhil. This
study was analytical with cross sectional design. The population were all elderly who
had hypertension as many as 143 responden. The number of samples in this study were
59 respondents. The technique of sampling was purposive. Measuring instrument used
was questionnairre. The results showed that elderly with well knowledge were 31
respondents (52.2%) and positive attitude were 38 respondents (64.4%). The chi square
test results showed that there was a significant correlation between knowledge with the
use of traditional medicine to reduce hypertension with p value 0.002 < alpa 0.05. There
was a significant correlation between elderly attitude with the use of traditional medicine
to reduce hypertension with p value 0.004 < alpa 0.05. It is recommended to conduct
research on the comparison of traditional and conventional medicines effect to reduce
hypertension.
Keywords: attitude, hypertension, knowledge, traditional medicine
Abstrak
Penggunaan obat tradisional untuk menurunkan hipertensi semakin mengalami
peningkatan. Penggunaan tersebut di pengaruhi oleh pengetahuan dan sikap. Penelitian
ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui hubungan pengetahuan dan sikap lansia dengan
penggunaan obat tradisional untuk menurunkan hipertensi di UPT Puskesmas Batang
Tumu Kabupaten Inhil. Penelitian ini bersifat analitik dengan menggunakan desain
cross sectional. Populasi adalah seluruh lansia yang menderita penyakit hipertensi yang
berjumlah 143 orang. Jumlah sampel dalam penelitian ini 59 responden. Teknik
pengambilan sampel secara pusposive sampling. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah
kuesioner. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan lansia yang berpengetahuan baik 31 responden
(52,2%) dan sikap positif 38 responden (64,4%). Hasil Uji Kai Kuadrat menunjukkan
ada hubungan yang bermakna antara pengetahuan dengan penggunaan obat tradisional
untuk menurunkan hipertensi dengan p value 0,002 < alpa 0,05. Ada hubungan yang
bermakna antara sikap lansia dengan penggunaan obat tradisional untuk menurunkan
hipertensi dengan p value 0,004 < alpa 0,05. Disarankan agar dilakukan penelitian
tentang perbandingan efek obat tradisional dan konvensional untuk menurunkan
hipertensi.