The Level of Knowledge Between the Habit of Medication Consumption and Disease - Hypertension for People Aged 40-60 in the Becora Community Health Center (2025)
Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Introduction: In the era of globalization, hypertension is a public health problem and basically worldwide. Global Health Observatory (GHO, 2024) estimates that hypertension is the cause of death among people, a total of 7.5 million or 12.8% have suffered from all diseases and estimates are made until 2026. Hypertension is a common public health problem in the Southeast Asian region and is the leading cause of cardiovascular disease. Research Objectives: To find out about the level of knowledge and the relationship between the habit of consuming medications and hypertension disease for adults aged 40-60 years, in Becora Community Health Center, 2025. Research Methodology: Use the quantitative analytical method with a cross sectional study approach, with the total population and sampling error of 10%, the sample needs to be 96 people and the respondents are 96. We use the questionnaire to collect and analyze using the SPSS computer program. Discussion Results: The results of the calculation using the Chi-Square test in the SPSS program with the p- value between two variables, the result is (p-value; 0.038) is lower than the alpha value (0.050), meaning that there is a relationship between the habit of consuming medication and hypertension in adults of the age identified in the research carried out. Conclusion: There is a relationship between the habit of consuming medication and hypertension disease for adults, as identified by 96 adults who attended a consultation at the Becora Community Health Center in the adult office room, which represents bad food consumption habits as 70.9% and respondents with the habit of currently sufficient medication consumption are 29.1%, based on the research result cited by (Tilman CB., et al, 2025).
Authors: Carlos Boavida Tilman, ESE FMCS UNTL, Ana Cristina de Jesus Silveira Martins, DB FCE UNTL, Eduardo Crisógono Gaio, ESE FMCS UNTL, Gregório Belo, DMG FMCS UNTL, Julito dos Santos, DMG FMCS UNTL, FMCS UNTL, DD FD UNTL
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
OpenAlex ID: W4411283946