ii ABSTRAK
Pendahuluan : Tekanan darah tinggi (hipertensi) adalah suatu kondisi dimana tekanan darah terus menerus meningkat yang merupakan masalah kesehatan
global karena prevalensinya yang tinggi di seluruh dunia. Hipertensi merupakan
salah satu penyakit yang paling sering terjadi pada lansia akibat meningkatnya
tekanan darah seiring dengan bertambahnya usia. Prevalensi hipertensi pada lansia
di Indonesia adalah 57,6%.
Metode : Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui gambaran karakteristik hipertensi pada pasien lansia di RSUP H. Adam Malik. Penelitian ini dilakukan
dengan metode studi cross sectional. Sampel penelitian diambil dari lansia di
Poliklinik Penyakit Dalam RSUP H. Adam Malik secara consecutive sampling.
Data akan dianalisis dengan menggunakan SPSS.
Hasil : Berdasarkan data yang didapatkan pada penelitian ini, bahwa hipertensi lebih banyak pada perempuan 51,3%, dan dengan etnis Batak sebanyak 71,3%,
serta dengan satus menikah 84,6%. Pasien penyakit hipertensi juga sering
ditemukan pada populasi elderly (60-74 tahun) 87,2%, dengan Pendidikan
Menengah 64,1%. Sesuai penggolongan hipertensi berdasarkan JNC VII
didapatkan hasil klasifikasi hipertensi terbanyak adalah hipertensi grade 1 43,4%,
diikuti prehipertensi 29,5%, dan yang terendah adalah hipertensi grade 2 23,1%.
Kesimpulan : Hipertensi pada lansia yang paling banyak dijumpai pada penelitian ini adalah hipertensi grade 1.
Kata kunci : Karakteristik, lansia, hipertensi
iii ABSTRACT
Introduction: High blood pressure (hypertension) is a condition in which the blood vessels have persistently raised pressure which is a global public health
issue because of its high prevalence worlwide. Hypertension is one of the most
common diseases among elderly due to the increase in blood pressure with age.
The prevalence of hypertension among the elderly in Indonesia is 57.6%.
Method: This research aims to discover the characteristics of hypertension among the elderly in RSUP H. Adam Malik Medan. This research is done by cross
sectional study method. The research sample is taken from the elderly in internal
polyclinic of H. Adam Malik general hospital by consecutive sampling. The data
will be analyzed using SPSS.
Result: Based on collected data, shows that female elderly who suffer from
hypertension is higher than that of men as 40 people (51.3%), whereas the highest
number of ethnicity are Batak, 57 people (71.3%), as well as with satus currently
married, 66 people (84.6%). The most number of cases are found in the age
category of elderly as many as 68 people (87.2%), Based on the level of
education, secondary education level categories of the elderly are more likely to
have hypertension of 50 pepople (64.1%). Based on classification of hypertension
using JNC VII, it is found as many as 37 people (43.4%) are classified under
grade 1 hypertension, followed by prehypertension, 23 people (29.5%), and the
least are grade 2 hypertension of 18 people (23.1%).
Conclusion: The highest prevalence of hypertension among the elderly in this
study is grade 1 hypertension.
Keywords: Characteristics, elderly, hypertension
