Vol. 2 No. 01 (2021): THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AGE AND BLOOD PRESSURE OF HORMONAL CONTRACEPTIVE ACCEPTORS IN THE WORK AREA OF THE PATTALLASSANG HEALTH CENTER, GOWA REGENCY

The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between age and blood pressure of hormonal contraceptive acceptors in the Work Area of ​​the Pattallassang Public Health Center, Gowa Regency. The quantitative research design used an Analytical Survey through a Cross Sectional Study approach. The sample in this study amounted to 32 people, with sampling using the purpossive sampling technique, and the research instrument using a questionnaire. The test used is the Chi Square test with Fisher Exact. The results of the research from 32 respondents with young adults as many as 14 (43.8%) respondents and 18 (56.3%) respondents in old adults. Respondents with normal blood pressure were 25 (78.1%) respondents and hypertensive blood pressure were 7 (21.9%) respondents. The results of statistical tests using the chi square test with Fisher Exact derivatives with a significant level of 0.05. Based on the statistical test results obtained p-value = 0.010 or p-value> 0.05. Thus, it can be said that Ho is accepted, Ha is rejected, meaning that there is no relationship between age and blood pressure of hormonal contraceptive acceptors in the Work Area of ​​the Pattallassang Health Center, Gowa Regency. It is recommended to the public, especially mothers, to find out more information about the factors that cause changes in blood pressure