Hubungan Self-Care Behavior dan Kecemasan dengan Kejadian Stroke Pada Kelompok Risiko Tinggi di UPT Puskesmas Banjar Serasan Pontianak

Stroke is reported to be the second leading cause of death and a major source of disability worldwide. One of the risk factors for stroke is hypertension where uncontrolled hypertension can lead to stroke. Self-care behaviors in patients with hypertension including taking medication regularly, checking up to health services, doing a low salt diet, physical activity, not consuming alcohol and smoking are important things to do. Anxiety is also reported to increase the risk of stroke. This study aims to analyze the relationship between self-care behavior and anxiety with the incidence of stroke in high-risk groups at UPT Puskesmas Banjar Serasan. This research method is descriptive analytic with a cross-sectional approach. A sample of 88 hypertensive patients who were included in the high risk group for stroke was selected by purposive sampling. Data collection using self-care behavior questionnaire and Hamilton Anxiety Rating Scale (HARS) questionnaire. Spearman Rank test to analyze the relationship between self-care behavior and anxiety with stroke incidence obtained a p value of 0.000 <0.05 with a correlation coefficient of -0.497 (moderate strength) and 0.365 (weak strength). It can be concluded that self-care behavior and anxiety can increase the incidence of stroke.