Family Health Tasks in Improving the Quality of Life in The Prolanis Group Elderly With Hypertension

Abstract

The role of the family in caring for older family members with hypertension is needed in preventing disability. The aim of the research is to determine the effectiveness of the family's role in  family health tasks in improving the quality of life of elderly people with hypertension. The approach used is descriptive quantitative analysis with a quasi-experimental pre test-post test design with a control group. This study involved 48 elderly families of Prolanis Hypertension participants who were over 60 years old, consisting of 24 families in the treatment group and 24 families in the control group. The tools used are the WHO-QOL BREF questionnaire and family health tasks. There is a significant difference in the quality of life of elderly people with hypertension before and after the assistance intervention. Using the Paired t Test statistical test, the value was p = 0.004 (p < 0.05). The test results used the Mann-Whitney test, a comparative analysis to determine how effective the family's role in family health tasks is on changes in quality of life scores in the two groups. There was a difference in quality of life scores between the treatment and control groups, with p = 0.006 (p < 0.05). This means that the role of the family with accompanying interventions in family health tasks can improve the quality of life of elderly people with hypertension because family involvement increases the self-esteem and self-satisfaction of family members with their ability to care for elderly people with hypertension.