EFFECTIVENESS OF HOME VISIT ON CHANGE BEHAVIOR OF HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN HELVETIA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER, MEDAN

Abstract

Home visit is one of efforts or management of chronic diseases through home
visiting service activities, one of which is to provide health education. One of chronic
diseases is hypertension. Hypertension can be caused by unhealthy lifestyle behaviors
such as poor eating patterns, smoking habits, rarely exercising, as well as poor stress
management. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of home visits
to changes in the behavior of patients with hypertension in Helvetia COMMUNITY
HEALTH CENTERS, Medan. Type of research is a Quasi Experiment research with one
group pretest and posttest design. The population in this study was outpatients diagnosed
by doctor suffering from hypertension. The sampling technique used non probability
sampling with accidental sampling technique to obtain a sample of 18 respondents. The
data collection method uses a questionnaire. Data analysis used univariate and bivariate
analysis (Mc Nemar test). The results showed that the behavior of hypertensive patients
before home visits were majority the negative category and the behavior after home visits
were majority in the positive category. Statistical test showed a p-value of 0.001 (p
<0.05), meaning that the Home Visit was effective against changes in the behavior of
hypertensive patients at the Helvetia Community Health Centers, Medan. Recommending
health workers be able to home visit program by conducting health education and
conducting regular health monitoring for hypertension sufferers.