Hypertension in Suburban Communities: Study in Gedawang Semarang

Abstract

Background: uncontrolled high blood pressure over long periods of time can lead to serious disease. The prevalence of hypertension in 2023 based on measurement results in Central Java Province is 31.3%, while the proportion of controlled hypertension based on a doctor’s diagnosis is only 14.5%. Hypertension is the second largest disease in Semarang City health centers with 153,386 reported cases.

Purpose: this study was aimed to determine factors associated with hypertension in Gedawang District.

Methods: the research was conducted with an observational analytic with cross-sectional approach. The population of study were people who lived in four highest age specific morbidity rate of hypertension area in Gedawang. The total sample for this study was 86 participants aged over 17 years who were selected using cluster random sampling. Data analysis was performed using chi square-test to test the correlation between independent variable which is behavioral factors (smoking, consume caffeine, physical activity, sleep time, self-medical check-up, consumption of full-fed food) and health care (accessibility of health care, free medical check-up, health promotion, home visit by health worker, health service satisfaction) and hypertension as dependent variable

Results: there is significant correlation between smoking (p= 0.028- OR= 3.48), physical activity (p= 0.045- OR= 3.2), accessibility of health care (p= 0.013- OR= 4.91) and health promotion (p=0.000- OR= 7.83) with hypertension.

Conclusion: Hypertension is significantly related to smoking behavior, physical activity, ease of access to health services, and health education.