The Relationship between Stress and Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Clients in The Work Area of the Health Center Inpatient Kemiling Bandar Lampung 2022

Abstrak

Stress is the body's response that is not specific to any demands or burdens on it. Stress can cause negative or conflicting feelings or threaten emotional well-being. Based on the results of a preliminary study conducted at the Kemiling Inpatient Health Center, it was found that 18 respondents or 45.0% experienced moderate stress, and the remaining 22 respondents or 55.0% experienced severe stress. Objective: This study was to determine whether there is a relationship between stress and blood pressure in hypertensive clients in the working area of ​​the Kemiling Inpatient Health Center Bandar Lampung in 2022. The method of this research is descriptive analytic. This research uses two variables. The research location is in Kemiling Inpatient Health Center. The number of respondents is 30 people with a sampling technique using total sampling, data collection tools using a questionnaire. Results: There were 18 respondents with moderate stress levels with high blood pressure as many as four people (5.9%) and normal blood pressure as many as 14 people (12.2%). And who experienced severe stress there were 22 respondents with high blood pressure as many as nine people (7.2%), and normal blood pressure as many as 13 people (14.9%). And the result of the p value is 0.1, which means that there is no relationship between stress levels and blood pressure. Conclusion: The results from the study there is no relationship between stress levels and blood pressure in hypertensive clients in the working area of ​​Kemiling Inpatient Health Center Bandar Lampung.