Hubungan Tingkat Pengetahuan Keluarga Tentang Diet Hipertensi Dengan Kekambuhan Hipertensi Pada Lansia Di Puskesmas Kartasura II Kabupaten Sukoharjo

Data from kartasura II primary health of Sukoharjo ( 2017 ) there were were 415 elderly with hypertension. A relapse hypertension by elderly often felt pain their head , palpitation, and felt weak. A relapse hypertension happens when they were still consumption food with high salt, coffee, or fried snack. Consumption of foods high salt were obtained from food provided by their family . The act of family members indicates there was a lack of knowledge about diet hypertension so that affect on the diet hypertension tightly. The objectives was to know relations family’s knowledge level about diet hypertension with hypertension relapse of elderly at Kartasura ii primary health of Kabupaten Sukoharjo .the method was descriptive correlative with crossectional approach .The sample was 89 family members and elderly with hypertension. Taking sample use purposive sampling. Instrument research uses knowledge questionnaire and medical record with frequency relapse elderly during a visit to the primary health Instrument analysis data using test chi square. The results study there were21 respondents (23.6 % ) with of good knowledge , 45 respondents ( 50,6 % ) with fair knowledge , and 23 respondents ( 25,8 % ) poor knowledge. There were 23 respondents did not relapse hypertension in the past six months , 54 respondents ( 60,7 % ) 3-2 times relapse hypertension ( sometimes ) , 12 respondents ( 13.5 % ) > 3 times relapse hypertension ( often ) .The results of the correlation chi square obtained value x2 = 26.111 p-value = 0,001 ( p < 0.05 ) , so that can be concluded level knowledge of family about diet hypertension relating to relapse hypertension in elderly at primary health kartasura ii kabupaten sukoharjo. Need to increased knowledge family in in improving the application of diet hypertension strictly to reduce relapse hypertension in elderl