Latar Belakang: Pada usia 60 tahun seseorang mengalami rentan terkena berbagai penyakit degeneratif, salah satunya adalah penyakit hipertensi. Hipertensi merupakan kejadian dimana tekanan darah >140/90 mmHg. hipertensi mengakibatkan komplikasi organ tubuh. Sehingga hipertensi perlu dilakukan terapi atau diet. Kepatuhan diet setiap orang berbeda-beda.
Tujuan: Mengetahui hubungan konseling gizi, pengetahuan tentang hipertensi, dan tingkat pendidikan terhadap kepatuhan diet pada penderita hipertensi lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Lebdosari.
Metode: Penelitian ini menggunakan desain penelitian Cross-sectional dan teknik total sampling. Variabel penelitian yaitu konseling gizi, pengetahuan tentang hipertensi, tingkat pendidikan, dan kepatuhan diet hipertensi. Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu sphygmomanometer dan kuesioner. dan menggunakan uji statistik Gamma.
Hasil: Responden pernah konseling gizi sebanyak 89,8%, responden memiliki pengetahuan baik tentang hipertensi sebanyak 40,7%, responden tingkat pendidikannya pendidikan dasar sebanyak 62,7%, responden yang kepatuhannya kategori cukup patuh sebanyak 74,6%. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan konseling gizi dengan kepatuhan diet p = 0,044<0,05, pengetahuan hipertensi kepatuhan diet p = 0,033<0,05, dan tingkat pendidikan kepatuhan diet p = 0,083>0,05.
Kesimpulan: Terdapat hubungan antara konseling gizi terhadap kepatuhan diet, terdapat hubungan antara pengetahuan tentang hipertensi terhadap kepatuhan diet, dan tidak terdapat hubungan antara tingkat pendidikan terhadap kepatuhan diet pada penderita hipertensi lansia di wilayah kerja Puskesmas Lebdosari.

ABSTRACT:
Background : At the age of 60, a person is susceptible to various degenerative diseases, one of which is hypertension. Hypertension is an event where blood pressure is >140/90 mmHg. It causes organ complications, so it needs therapy or diet. Everyone's diet compliance is different.
Objective: To determine the relationship between nutritional counseling, knowledge about hypertension, and level of education on dietary compliance in elderly hypertensive sufferers in the Lebdosari Community Health Center working area.
Method: This research uses a cross-sectional research design and a total sampling technique. The research variables are nutritional counseling, knowledge about hypertension, education level, and hypertension diet compliance. The instruments used were a sphygmomanometer and a questionnaire. And using the Gamma statistical test.
Results: 89.8% of respondents had nutritional counseling, 40.7% of respondents had good knowledge about hypertension, 62.7% of respondents had basic education, and 74.6% of respondents had a fairly compliant category. The research results showed that nutritional counseling with diet compliance was p = 0.044<0.05, hypertension knowledge with diet compliance was p = 0.033<0.05, and education level was with diet compliance p = 0.083>0.05.
Conclusion: There is a relationship between nutritional counseling and diet compliance, there is a relationship between knowledge about hypertension and diet compliance, and there is no relationship between the level of education and diet compliance in elderly hypertensive sufferers in the Lebdosari Health Center working area.