LEVEL OF ANXIETY AND INCIDENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN ELDERLY AT GAPURANA VILLAGE TALANGO SUMENEP

BACKGROUND : Hypertension is one of the most common diseases in developing countries such Indonesia. Some researcher said hypertension happens if after several measurements, the blood pressure value remained high, with systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg. Elderly people who have hypertension are at the big risk of experiencing anxiety compared to elderly people who don’t have hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between anxiety levels and the incidence of hypertension on the elderly in Gapurana Village, Talango, Sumenep.SUBJECT AND METHODE : Method of this research is Cross Sectional approach. The population in this study were all elderly who suffer from hypertension as many as 56 people and the sample of this study was elderly who suffer from hypertension with a total of 36 people, with the sampling technique using purposive sampling. The independent variable in this study is the levels of anxiety while the dependent variable is the incidence of hypertension on the elderly.RESULTS : The results of the study between the levels of anxiety and the incidence of hypertension on the elderly showed that most of the elderly experienced mild anxiety are 20 people (55.5%) and most of the elderly suffered stage 1 of hypertension are 20 people (55.5%). The results of statistical tests using the Spearman Test obtained ρ value = 0,000 (ρ <5 0.05), so Hₒ was rejected and Hı was accepted, which that means there was a relationship between anxiety levels and the incidence of hypertension on the elderly in Gapurana Village, Talango.DISCUSSION : Therefore, the elderly who suffer from hypertension and experience anxiety, should be more responsive in controlling hypertension by maintaining a healthy lifestyle and also interacting with the surrounding environment so that they do not always feel anxious about their condition about health problems.