EFFECT OF HEALTH COACHING BASED ON HEALTH BELIEF MODEL THEORY TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN ELDERLY WITH HYPERTENSION

Abstract

Introduction: Most people with hypertension assume that consumption drugs can control their blood pressure. In fact, lifestyle factor such as physical activity contribute to the burden of account for substantial morbidity, mortality, and rising in hypertension, highly the much for prevention afford to curb public health epidemic. Health coaching was one way for the nurse to improve motivation and patient’s beliefs concerning their disease so that they would show good compliance behavior. Objective of this study was to analyze the effect of health coaching toward physical activity. Methods: This study used quasy experiment design with prepost test control group design. Sample collection technique was by purposive sampling. The amount of sample was 26 people for each group. There were two variables, the dependent and independent variables, the dependent variable was physical activity and the independent variable was health coaching. The location in the work Pandanwangi public health center and the time was April 4 – July 7, 2019. Statistic analysis used Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test and Mann Whitney. Result: Health coaching has effect toward dietary. Difference test in treatment group using Wilcoxon obtain p value 0,000, while difference test with Mann Whitney obtain p value 0,000. Discussion: There is diit pattern differences between treatment and control group. Furthermore, diit pattern as a management of hypertension. It is expected hypertension patients should be always doing diit pattern that has been recommended.