The effect of hypertension education on self management in elderly in the working area of puskesmas lingkar barat kota bengkulu 2018

Hypertension is one type of chronic disease and tends to occur when a person's age is increasing. Hypertension can cause various complications. Prevention of hypertension complications in the elderly one of them by implementing self management hypertension. This study to know the effect of hypertension education on self management in the elderly. The design used in this study is Pre Experimental with the design of one group pre test post test. In this study the sample was taken using Simple Random sampling with a total of 20 samples. In this research, pre test did before education, and then post-test on selfmanagement in the elderly after being given education. The analysis used was non-parametrick by using the test Wilcoxon. The results showed that the average score score before and after education had increased (p = 0.0001) so that it could be concluded that there was an educational effect of hypertension on self management in the elderly. Health education is a factor in the treatment of hypertension. This study recommends periodic health education to improve self management in the elderly. Keywords— Hypertension, Education Program, Self Management