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    THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SEX AND STROKE PREVENTION BEHAVIOR TO HYPERTENSION SUFFERER IN WORKING REGION OF JATIBARANG PUBLIC HEALTH CENTER, INDRAMAYU
    (FACULTY OF NURSING UNIVERSITAS RIAU, 2020-11-04) Husnaniyah, Dedeh; Hidayatin, Titin; Handayani, Eka Juwita
    One of the complications that often occurs due to hypertension is a stroke. Stroke can be prevented by positive behavior. Sex contributes to a person’s behavior. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between sex and stroke prevention behavior in hypertension sufferer. Method: This research used descriptive with a cross-sectional study. Its samples were taken by doing a purposive sampling technique out of 246 respondents. Its instrument was a questionnaire and its data analysis was bivariate analysis with Chi-square test. Result: The results showed that 128 (52%) respondents had good behavior in preventing stroke, 118 (48%) respondents had bad behavior in preventing stroke, those number was taken from as many as 63 (25.6%) male respondents and 183 female respondents. The result between Sex and stroke prevention behavior in patients with hypertension with a p value = 0.001 (<0.05).Conclusion: There is a relationship between sex and stroke prevention behavior to hypertension sufferers.