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Perilaku Pemeriksaan Kesehatan Dasar Untuk Mencegah Risiko Penyakit Jantung Pada Lansia Habeahan, Natamia Kyrieleison; Juniarti, Neti; Mulya, Adelse Prima
Perilaku dan Promosi Kesehatan : Indonesian Journal of Health Promotion and Behavior Vol. 6, No. 1
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Bakground. Various disease courses in the elderly have their own characteristics such as chronicity, severity, and frequent recurrence. One of them is cardiovascular disease which is a degenerative disease. Routine basic health checks to prevent the risk of heart disease in the elderly are very important. However, it is not widely known how the health check behavior of the elderly in the Sumedang area, West Java. Aim. The study aims to identify the proportion of elderly people who conduct regular basic health checks and to find out how many elderly people have a risk of heart disease so that prevention can be done in the elderly so as not to get heart disease. Method. This study used a type of quantitative research with descriptive methods and a cross sectional study approach with a total of 91 respondents. The sample was taken with incidental sampling technique, which is based on coincidence to check blood pressure, blood cholesterol and blood sugar. Result. The distribution of elderly habits in conducting health checks, as many as 52 (57.1%) elderly who routinely conduct health checks every month. There are 41.8% of elderly people suffering from hypertension, 30.8% of elderly people have high blood cholesterol levels, and 11% of elderly people are included in the diabetes category from the results of blood sugar checks. Conclusion. The description of the elderly in Jatinangor, especially Cipacing Village and Cilayung Village, needs to be improved. The results of blood pressure examinations, blood cholesterol levels and abnormal blood sugar levels need to be a concern for health workers in the health center work area.
Health Checkup Behavior of Elderly with High Risk of Heart Disease Habeahan, Natamia Kyrieleison; Juniarti, Neti; Mulya, Adelse Prima
Indonesian Journal of Global Health Research Vol 6 No 5 (2024): Indonesian Journal of Global Health Research
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Health complaints that are often felt by the elderly such as coughs, fever, heat, diarrhea, headaches, and even complaints of disability, accidents, and chronic diseases that have been suffered. One of them is cardiovascular disease, namely heart disease which is a non-communicable but very deadly disease. Indonesia has a prevalence of heart disease that has tripled from 2013 to 2018 so this study aims to determine health examination behavior to identify the proportion of elderly people who have a high risk of heart disease. This study uses quantitative research with descriptive methods with a cross sectional study approach. The distribution of elderly behavior in conducting routine health checks was 52 (57.1%). There were 72 (79.1%) elderly with hypertension, 53 (58.2%) with high blood cholesterol and 10 (11%) with high blood sugar. These results explain that the high risk of heart disease in the elderly is still very high, therefore the behavior of the elderly in Jatinangor especially at Cipacing and Cilayung are really needs to be improved. The results of blood pressure checks, blood cholesterol levels and abnormal blood sugar levels need attention for health workers in the public health center area.