Ministry of Health of
the Republic of Indonesia in 2013 published data of the number of hypertensive
patients in Indonesia which reached 25.8% of the total population. It means
that about 100 million people aged 18 years and over are in a hypertensive
condition. Hypertension is a non-spreading disease that causes a person to
experience an imbalance of life control and management that results in other
severe diseases such as kidney failure, coronary heart disease, and the human
nervous system damage (Bozorgmanesh et al, 2014). One factor that causes a
person susceptible to this disease is psychological symptoms. Psychological
factors are sometimes not easily known and anticipated so that people’s
awareness is needed to anticipate them. Community-based intervention is very
effective in changing subject’s attitude, knowledge, and behavior to be better
(Torlasco et al., 2017). This intervention program is conducted primarily when
it aims to provide information on the psychological symptoms developed by a
person affected by hypertension. Based on a preliminary study of 50 random
subjects in the Psychology Faculty of UGM, the results show that there is a
tendency of students being affected by hypertension due to psychological
factors. This is derived from the small scores on the scale of The
Health-Promoting Lifestyle (HPLP) and The Management Strategic Scale (MSS).
Psychological factors that should be concerned are stress management,
self-regulation and emotion, and also personality attributes.
Bölüm | Makaleler |
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Yayımlanma Tarihi | 27 Aralık 2017 |
Gönderilme Tarihi | 1 Ekim 2017 |
Yayımlandığı Sayı | Yıl 2017Cilt: 3 Sayı: 9 |
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