Gambaran Strategi Koping pada Lansia yang Mengalami Hipertensi di Wilayah Kerja Puskesmas Mijen Semarang

Abstract

As getting older, the elderly are vulnerable to various of disease, include hypertension. Hypertension can be caused by several factors, include stress. Therefore, it is necessary to use an effective coping strategy to overcome stress, so as not to aggravate hypertension. This research aimed to determine the characteristics of elderly with hypertension and their coping strategies. This research was a quantitative descriptive research with survey approach. This research used accidental sampling technique with 82 elderly taken as respondent for three weeks. All the respondents are Islamic. Most respondents are woman (63,41%), in the age range 60-74 years (65,85%), and have high school education history (35,36%). This research showed that the highest to lowest score of respondent's coping strategy are religion (7,10), instrumental support (6,62), strategy emotion support (5,94), acceptance (5,61), self distraction (5,29), positive reframing (5,05), active coping (4,94), planning (4,76), venting of emotion (3,63), self blame (3,34), denial (2,84), humor (2,71), behavioral disengagement (2,20), and alcohol/drug (2,00). Based on this result, Public Health Center is expected to provide health education about positive coping strategy to help elderly overcome their condition.