THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS ABOUT STROKE PREVENTION ON THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN THE WORKING AREA OF PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER NORTH SINGKAWANG II

Abstract

Introduction : Hypertension or high blood pressure is an increase in systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mmHg. Hypertension now continues to be a global problem because its prevalence continues to increase in line with unhealthy lifestyle behaviors such as obesity, smoking, alcohol use, psychosocial stress and lack of activity, 51% of deaths from stroke worldwide are caused by high blood pressure. Method: quasi-experimental research with a pretest-posttest form with control group design. In this study, the intervention group received education using video media, while the control group received education using leaflet media. Before the intervention was carried out, a pretest was carried out in both groups, then continued with providing education with videos to the intervention group and leaflets were given to the control group; Results : Knowledge in the intervention group obtained a value of 0.012 or p value <0.05, meaning that there was a significant difference in knowledge in the intervention group, whereas in the control group, the value of knowledge obtained was a p value of 0.001 (<0.05), meaning that there was a significant difference in the increase in knowledge in the control group. . The average difference in knowledge in the intervention group was 22.35, while in the control group the average difference in knowledge was 15.67. ; (4) Conclusion : There is a significant influence on the knowledge of hypertensive patients before and after being given intervention in the form of health education through educational videos about stroke prevention in hypertensive patients with p value results (0.012) in the Mann Withney test. And there is a significant change in knowledge in the control group with p value was obtained (0.001) using the Wilcoxon test.