Hypertension Care Book (HYCAB) Enhancing Motivation and Family Support toward a Healthy Lifestyle

Ninuk Dian Kurniawati, Eva Diana, Sylvia Dwi Wahyuni

2018

Abstract

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate Hypertension care book (HYCAB) in improving the family support and the motivation of the hypertensive patients in performing a healthy lifestyle. Methods: This was a quasi-experimental study employing 24 respondents who divided equally into the intervention and control groups. The samples were recruited by simple random sampling technique. The independent variable was the HYCAB, whereas the dependent variables were patients’ motivation and family support. The HYCAB was a book developed by the researchers as a learning medium to accompany health education that given thrice a week for two consecutive weeks. The book explains about hypertension and a healthy lifestyle required to prevent future complications. In addition, this book also emphasizes the importance of family support in supporting healthy lifestyles and how families can provide the support needed for patients appropriately. Data were collected using a questionnaire and analysed with Wilcoxon signed rank test and Mann Whitney U Test. Results: The results showed that the HYCAB improved family support and patients’ motivation significantly with p = 0.000 and p=0.02 respectively. Conclusions: HYCAB as a media of health education enhanced family support and hypertensive patients’ motivation in performing a healthy lifestyle.

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in Harvard Style

Kurniawati N., Diana E. and Wahyuni S. (2018). Hypertension Care Book (HYCAB) Enhancing Motivation and Family Support toward a Healthy Lifestyle.In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA, ISBN 978-989-758-406-0, pages 110-114. DOI: 10.5220/0008205101100114


in Bibtex Style

@conference{icinna18,
author={Ninuk Dian Kurniawati and Eva Diana and Sylvia Dwi Wahyuni},
title={Hypertension Care Book (HYCAB) Enhancing Motivation and Family Support toward a Healthy Lifestyle},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,},
year={2018},
pages={110-114},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008205101100114},
isbn={978-989-758-406-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference of Indonesian National Nurses Association - Volume 1: ICINNA,
TI - Hypertension Care Book (HYCAB) Enhancing Motivation and Family Support toward a Healthy Lifestyle
SN - 978-989-758-406-0
AU - Kurniawati N.
AU - Diana E.
AU - Wahyuni S.
PY - 2018
SP - 110
EP - 114
DO - 10.5220/0008205101100114