THE RELATIONSHIP OF FAMILY SUPPORT WITH DIET COMPLIANCE WITH HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY AT KRANGKENG HEALTH CENTER, INDRAMAYU DISTRICT

Family support is an attitude, an act of family acceptance towards family
members, in the form of informational support, assessment support, instrumental
support and emotional support. So it can be concluded that family support is a
support that is centered on social supports and is seen by family members as
something that can be accessed and helpful and is able to provide help and
assistance. The aim of this study was to determine the relationship between family
support and hypertension diet compliance in the elderly at the Kerangkeng
Community Health Center, Indramayu Regency.
This type of research is quantitative research using descriptive correlation
methods using a cross-sectional approach. The sample for this research was
elderly people suffering from hypertension at the Skelkeng Community Health
Center, totaling 31 respondents using purposive sampling techniques. The
independent variable is family support and the dependent variable is hypertension
diet compliance. The research instrument uses a questionnaire sheet with data
processing editing, coding, scoring, tabulating, and statistical tests using the
Spearman rank test.
The results of the univariate analysis showed that the majority (83.9%) had good
family support, 26 people, and 15 people (48.4%) adhered to the hypertension
diet. Based on the Spearman rank test, the p-value was <0.001, where p <0.05 r
= 0.827. This shows that Ho is rejected, meaning that there is a relationship
between family support and hypertension diet compliance in the elderly.
Keywords: Family Support, Compliance, Hypertension Diet, Elderly