Authors: Bahtiar, Stefanus Supriyanto, A.H. Yusuf, Akuilina S, Ramlah
1,4,5 Department of Nursing, Health Polytechnic of Health Ministry at Surabaya, Indonesia
2Faculty of Public Health, Airlangga University, Indonesia
2Faculty of Nursing, Airlangga University, Indonesia
Email: ardi_wq@yahoo.co.id
Abstract
South Sulawesi is one of eleven provinces in Indonesia with elderly population in more than 7%. Hypertension case in South Sulawesi is more than the average that is 27% and for Makassar city was in 34%. Based on the interview result with a person who had responsibility of public health care program in Public Health Center of Mangasa, Makassar, the average of visits was from hypertension patients who were more than 60 years old in last three months and the patients were 85 elders in a month. Based on report in Public Health Center of Mangasa, the total of hypertension case, which the patients visited to Public Health Center, was 1746 cases and they were the most third case. Therefore, it was needed a society devotion with the purpose of implementing health education, concerning hypertension and other diseases that concerned with hypertension, medical check, and hypertension exercise. The method used was health education, blood pressure checks, blood test (blood sugar, uric acid, cholesterol), and hypertension exercise. The result of society devotion was the increase of elders’ knowledge based on pre and posttest mark, the decrease of their blood pressure after 10 times doing hypertension exercise, the decrease of blood sugar and uric acid after the exercise and after having health education, and the increase of the participants in hypertension exercise during 10 times exercises. Moreover, the suggestion from this society devotion that it was needed the activity of effective nursing intervention to solve health problem on elders.
Keywords: Elderly Hypertension, Nursing Intervention