Knowledge and food habits of hypertensive adults after counseling using nutrition & hypertension flipchart at Tanjung Priok Public Health Center

Abstract

Hypertension is a non-communicable disease that was experienced by approximately 22% of the global population, as reported by WHO in 2019. It also affects adults and elderly (63,49%) more than younger population (13,22%) in Indonesia. This research was determined the differences of knowledge and food habits of patients after counseling using nutrition and hypertension flipchart. The research used a pre-experimental design with one-group pretest-posttest. The research was conducted in Tanjung Priok Public Health Center in 2022 with 30 outpatients with hypertension as respondents. The respondents who met the inclusion criteria were chosen by accidental sampling. Knowledge levels were collected using questionnaires, and food habits were assessed using Food Frequency Questionnaires (FFQ). Statistical analysis of the data used a paired t-test (80% CI). The result showed a significant increase in the knowledge scores of patients, from 76,67 to 93,00 after counseling using nutrition & hypertension flipchart (p <0.001). After counseling, the descriptive analysis showed a reduction in the number of respondents who frequently consumed high-sodium and high-saturated foods. It concluded that knowledge levels and food habits of patients with hypertension can improve after counseling using nutrition and hypertension flipchart