<![CDATA[Background : A diet for hypertension does not only require low salt. DASH diet nutrition education using Android-based media as an effort to increase understanding of the importance of consuming vegetables, fruit, nuts, fish, foods low in saturated fat in controlling hypertension. Research is to determine the effect of nutrition education using Android-based media on knowledge and attitudes in hypertension sufferers. Methods : Types of research true express with a plan pretest-posttest control group design. Selection of research subjects with simple random sampling. The number of research subjects was 18 in the intervention group and 18 in the control group. Nutrition education in the intervention group was provided with Android-based media which was carried out for 4 weeks with a duration of 20 minutes for each research subject. The control group was not given information regarding the DASH diet. The data collected includes data on knowledge and attitudes regarding the DASH diet. The statistical analysis used is independent t test. Results :The average knowledge score was from 64.17 ± 9.27 to 77.17 ± 6.48 in the intervention group and 58.89 ± 6.76 to 66.72 ± 8.09 in the control group. The average attitude score was from 49.17 ± 5.45 to 49.00 ± 5.53 in the intervention group and 49.00 ± 5.53 to 52.67 ± 4.02. There was a difference in the average score of knowledge (p = 0.009), attitude (p = 0.001), difference in knowledge (p = 0.035) and attitude (p = 0.001) between the intervention group and the control group. Conclusion : Nutrition education using Android-based media can increase knowledge and attitudes about the DASH diet in hypertension sufferers.]]>
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