The relationship between self-care management with quality of life at elderly with hypertension in nursing home of Jember

Purpose This paper aims to examine the relationship between self-care management and quality of life in elderly hypertensives at the Jember Nursing Home. Design/methodology/approach Thirty-five respondents were collected for a cross-sectional study with consecutive sampling. This study used the Hypertension Self-Management Behavior Questionnaire and Quality of Life-Elderly, as well as a questionnaire about individual characteristics. Kendall's Tau-b Test was used to analyze the data obtained from this study. Findings The majority of the elderly in the Jember Nursing Home reported having moderate self-care management (46.9%) and moderate quality of life (57.1%). This study found a significant positive correlation between self-care management and quality of life ( p -value = 0.001), which was weak and significant ( r = 0.282). Research limitations/implications This research has limitations on the number of respondents used in this study, because this research was only conducted in one place (one site center). Include the respondent's features more in the past history, and only a few are related to the physical health domain. So that further research can be conducted on more respondents, with a wider coverage of locations and adding some of the characteristics of respondents related to the domain of physical and psychological health. Practical implications The role of gerontology in overcoming loneliness in the elderly is to increase health service activities, both primary and secondary, such as monitoring blood pressure, providing consultations and routine examinations for the elderly related to hypertension and being able to control the dietary intake of hypertensive foods in the elderly. Originality/value Elderly in nursing homes experience hypertension due to poor self-care management problems, which will have an impact on worsening quality of life conditions.