MINISTRY OF HEALTH REPUBLIC OF INDONESIA

HEALTH POLYTECHNIC BANJARMASIN

PROGRAM STUDY DIPLOMA IV
NUTRITION
2018
ABSTRACT
Undergraduated Thesis

MUKLAH HABIBAH RETNA HAFSARI

CORRELATION BETWEEN NUTRITIONAL STATUS AND
CONSUMPTION PATTERN WITH HYPERTENSION STATUS IN
PUSKESMAS CEMPAKA WORKING REGION IN BANJARBARU IN 2018
(Siti Mas’odah, S.Pd., M.Gizi)
xii + 96 pages + 32 tables + 2 pictures + 7 attachments
The decreasing of body’s organ functions will occur in elderly where the
more old the body it will be easier to gain illness and hypertension is one of it. The
most hypertension in elderly is isolated systolic hypertension which is if SBP
(Systolic Blood Pressure) ≥140 mmHg and DBP (Diastolic Blood Pressure) ≥ 90
mmHg. The aim of this study is to determine the correlation between nutritional
status and consumption pattern with hypertension status in Puskesmas Cempaka
working region in Banjarbaru. This was an observational analytic research with cross
sectional design. The population of this study was elderly which had registered in
Puskesmas Cempaka in Banjarbaru with total sample was 67 respondents which is taken
by accidental method. This research was using Chi Square Correlation to analyse the data
with α = 0,05 to determine the correlation between nutritional status and consumption
pattern with hypertension status.
The result of this research showed that there was correlation between
nutritional status with hypertension status (p = 0,01). There was correlation between
consumption pattern (sodium, fat, caffeine, vegetables and fruits) with with
hypertension status in elderly in Puskesmas Cempaka working region in
Banjarbaru.
Patients with hypertension should reduce food which contains a lot of
sodium ≥2400 mg/day, fat source >67g/day, caffeine source >400 mg/day and
increase consumption of rich fiber food like vegetables and fruits, also do healthy
lifestyle like walking and elderly gymnastics.
Keyword : Blood Pressure, Food Pattern of Sodium, Fat, Caffeine, Vegetables and Fruits
Reference : 35 pieces (2007-2017)