Track: Occupational Safety and Health (OSH)

Abstract

This study analyses the effect of exercise habits and a low-salt diet on the quality of life of hypertensive patients by mediating blood pressure control variables in the group of participants with hypertension proteins at the Technical Implementation Unit (UPT) Public Health Centre (Puskesmas) Galesong in Takalar Regency. Primary data collection was done by using observation, interview, and questionnaire/questionnaire techniques. The research sample was 144 people. The research was using a quantitative approach. Data analysis was carried out using SPSS 23 with path analyses 1 and 2. This requirement was carried out to determine the correlation between the independent variables, namely exercise habits (X1) and low salt diet (X2), on the quality of life of hypertensive patients (Y2), which was mediated by the blood pressure control variable (Y1). The results of this study indicate that 1) exercise habits have a positive and significant effect of 36.6% on blood pressure control, 2) a low-salt diet has a positive and significant effect of 62.6% on blood pressure control, 3) Exercise habits have a positive and significant effect of 33,9% on the quality of life of patients with hypertension, 4) A low-salt diet has a positive and significant effect of 27.1% on the quality of life of patients with hypertension, 5) Blood pressure control has a positive and significant effect of 38.3% on the quality of life of patients with hypertension, 6) Exercise habits have a positive and significant effect of 1.4% on the quality of life of patients with hypertension through controlling blood pressure, and 7) A low-salt diet has a positive and significant effect by 2.4% of the quality of life of patients with hypertension through blood pressure control.