MOTIVATIONAL PHASE IN PREDICTING THE BEHAVIOURAL INTENTION TO PREVENT HYPERTENSION AT THE AGE OF 18-35 YEARS

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is considered as a public health problem that needs to be focused on its prevention. Moreover, hypertension is not only diagnosed with the elderly group, but there has been an upward trend of young hypertensive patients so far. One effort that can be done is to control hypertension risk factors which are tend to be behavioural factors or unhealthy lifestyle which is closely related to the rate of hypertensive morbidity at a young age. It needs a concept to motivate individuals in conducting hypertension prevention behaviour. Therefore, this study aims to analyse social cognitive factors in predicting the intention to behave in order to prevent hypertension during the motivational phase.

Materials and Methods: This analytical observational study with cross-sectional design. The sample of the study was persons aged 18-35 years who live in the working area of Puskesmas Tanah Kali Kedinding (Tanah Kali Kedinding Public Health Center in Surabaya). The cluster random sampling technique was used with the total amount of 163 respondents. The survey instrument was an adapted questionnaire. Data were analyzed statistically by using Multiple Logistic Regression with significance level (α=0,05).

Result: Social-cognitive variables outcome expectancies and action self-efficacy have proven to predict the behavioural intention to prevent hypertension (p <0.05) during the motivational phase. Meanwhile, the risk perception variable does not affect the behavioural intention to prevent hypertension.

Conclusion: There is a significant influence between outcome expectancies and action self-efficacy toward the behavioural intention to prevent hypertension.

Keywords: Risk Perception, Outcome Expectancies, Action Self-Efficacy, Behavioural Intention