Research Article
The Effect of Self-Care Health Education on Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Knowledge of the Elderly with Hypertension at the Cardiac Ward of the Public General Hospital R. Syamsudin, SH
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-10-2022.2334020, author={Mayasyanti Dewi Amir and Tangguh Wibawa Perkasa and Tukimin bin Sansuwito}, title={The Effect of Self-Care Health Education on Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Knowledge of the Elderly with Hypertension at the Cardiac Ward of the Public General Hospital R. Syamsudin, SH}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 2nd Lekantara Annual Conference on Public Administration, Literature, Social Sciences, Humanities, and Education, LePALISSHE 2022, 29 October 2022, Malang, East Java, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={LEPALISSHE}, year={2023}, month={7}, keywords={hypertension knowledge self-care dorothea orem health education}, doi={10.4108/eai.29-10-2022.2334020} }- Mayasyanti Dewi Amir
Tangguh Wibawa Perkasa
Tukimin bin Sansuwito
Year: 2023
The Effect of Self-Care Health Education on Dorothea Orem’s Self-Care Knowledge of the Elderly with Hypertension at the Cardiac Ward of the Public General Hospital R. Syamsudin, SH
LEPALISSHE
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-10-2022.2334020
Abstract
Hypertension happens when blood pressure exceeds the normal threshold; it can be dangerous and a major cause of cardiovascular system complications. Hypertensive patients must make a self-care effort to avoid complications. This research aims to determine the effect of self-care according to the Dorothea Orem approach in the cardiac ward of the Public General Hospital (Rumah Sakit Umum Daerah – RSUD) R. Syamsudin, SH in Sukabumi City, West Java, Indonesia. Our research was quasi-experimental with a nonequivalent control group design model. Samples were selected using probability sampling through a systematic random sampling approach. We had 34 hypertensive patients as our samples. Data were analyzed using Bivariate analysis of the Wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney test. Findings showed different Dorothea Orem’s knowledge of the control and treatment groups during the pre-test and post-test, in which the p-value for the Man-Whitney test was 0.049 (p-value < 0.043) and the average difference value between the control and treatment groups was 21.76. To sum up, health education on self-care knowledge effectively improves the self-care knowledge of Dorothea Orem among hypertensive patients. It is recommended that the hospital continue health education.