HUBUNGAN ANTARA HIPERTENSI TERHADAP TINGKAT DEPRESI LANSIA (Studi di Puskesmas Cisadea Kota Malang)

Background: Hypertension is a major cause for heart disease and death globally, If the state of hypertension continues to occur it will be at risk of depression, whereas depression that occurs especially in the elderly can act as a barrier in carrying out a healthy lifestyle and become a barrier to health care Method: This study uses correlational research using cross sectional. The population used purposive sampling as much as 51 elderly. Data collection with the GDS (Geriatric Depression Scale) Questionnaire and tested using Rank Spearman Result: The results of H1 were received which means that there was a relationship between hypertension and the level of depression of the elderly because it obtained a significant number (p = 0.041) with a linear correlation of 0.288. Almost half of respondents experienced mild depression (n = 23, 45.1%) and most of the respondents experienced mild depression in stage 2 hypertension (n = 10, 19.6%) Discussion: There is a relationship between hypertension and the level of depression of the elderly with linear properties which means that the higher the level of hypertension, the higher the level of depression experienced by the elderly.