Relationship of Health Literacy and Self-Management Behaviorin Hypertension Groups in Working Area of Public Health CenterPacellekang Gowa Regency

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is the main cause of premature death worldwide. Hypertension has become a global, regional, national, and local public health problem. Hypertension requires proper self-management and health literacy in handling it.
Methods: Correlational anality descriptive research design using a cross-sectional study approach. Sampling technique using non-probability sampling with purposive sampling technique. The sample obtained is 128 people. Data collection used the HELIA Questionnaire (Health Literacy Instrument for Adults) and the HBP-SCP Questionnaire (High Blood Pressure-Self Care Profile).
Results: The results showed that the majority of respondents had low health literacy with a percentage of 56.3% and the majority had poor hypertension management behavior with a percentage of 54.7%. The results of the bivariate test using the Chi-Square test with a significance value of 0.006 <0.05, so that the better a person's health literacy, the better his hypertension self-management behavior.
Conclusions: The conclusion of this study is there is a significant relationship between health literacy and hypertension management behavior in the community in the Pacellekang Health Center work area, Gowa Regency