Abstract:
Stressors in life contribute to a person's blood pressure values. High blood
pressure can be suffered if you are less able to adapt to these various stressors.
Currently hypertension has become a major problem in world health. Based
on Riskesdas 2018, the prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia is 34.1%. The
aim of this research is to analyze the relationship between Psychological WellBeing
and the Degree of Hypertension. This research is a correlational
analytical with a cross sectional approach. Sampling used purposive sampling.
The instruments used were the PWBS from Ryff and the degree of
hypertension according to WHO. Data analysis used the Spearman Rho test
with the results of the analysis obtained p value = 0.000 (α = 0.05) and
correlation coefficient = 0.708. There is a significant relationship between
Psychological Well-Being and the respondent's degree of hypertension, with
the strength of the relationship being strong and the direction of the
relationship being positive, which means that the higher the Psychological
Well-Being, the degree of hypertension or blood pressure is in the high normal
category. It is hoped that respondents can carry out 10 behaviors that can
increase Psychological Well-Being so that they can reduce the risk of
hypertension.
