THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STRESS LEVELS AND BLOOD PRESSURE IN PRODUCTIVE AGE AT KESEK VILLAGE, LABANG SUB-DISTRICT BANGKALAN REGENCY

Abstract

Hypertension is a major risk factor for health problems which is quite dangerous in the
world (WHO, 2018). Factors that cause hypertension include heredity, food, activity, and one of them
is stress (Arum, 2019). The aim of this study is to find out the relationship between stress levels and
blood pressure at productive age. This research method is inferential statistics with the type of
quantitative data used to analyze the relationship stress levels and blood pressure at productive age.
The subjects in the study were 31 productive age in the Kesek Village, Labang District, Bangkalan
Regency. The data were analyzed using the Spearman Rank tests. The results of this study showed
that productive age with severe stress level were 100% hypertension and productive age with
moderate stress level were 20,8% had hypertension. From the data showed that there was a
relationship between stress levels (value Sig.=0,041) with the occurrence of hypertension in Kesek
Village, Labang District, Bangkalan Regency. The conclusion of this study is expected of productive
age to find information about the stress levels and blood pressure. Thus, it can pay more attention to
their health in controlling stress so they can control their blood pressure properly.