HUBUNGAN PAPARAN ASAP ROKOK DENGAN KEJADIAN PREHIPERTENSI PADA USIA 26-30 TAHUN DI DESA WIHNI DURIN KECAMATAN SILIH NARAKABUPATEN ACEH TENGAH 2019

Abstract

Cigarette smoke is a source of free radicals causing degenerative disease. One of degenerative diseases is heart diseases. Carbonmonoxide contained in cigarette smoke can reduce the oxygen transfer of tissues in need. One of the factors associated with exposure to cigarette smoke is the incidence of prehypertension. This study aims at finding the relationship of exposure to cigarette smoke with the incidence of prehypertension in Wihni Durin Village.Silih Nara Aceh Tengah. The research design used is Observasional analytic with cross sectional approach. The study population is 40 people aged 26-30 years leter in the sample drawn by using random sampling  and using the slovin formula. So the samples used are 36 people. By using questionnaire sheets, the data were analyzed by chi square test. The result show that p= 0.020 (p<0.05) which means there is a relationship between exposure to cigarette smoke and the incidence of prehipertention in Wihni Durin Village, Aceh Tengah in 2019. So it is recommended to health workers to provide health education to the dangers of  cigarette smoke, to reduce the number of prehipertention in Wihni Durin Village Silih Nara Aceh Tengah in 2019