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Research Paper | Nursing | Indonesia | Volume 6 Issue 2, February 2017
Development of Healthy Lifestyle Model for Erderly People for Being Protecting of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in Blitar, East Java, Indonesia
Sri Winarni [2] | Agussalim [10]
Abstract: A healthy lifestyle is an attempt to implement good habits in creating a healthy life and avoid bad habits that can cause health problems. Less problems noted on the elderly to the emergence of symptoms of BPH. BPH prostate gland enlargement conditions, extending up into the bladder and clog the flow of urine by orifisium closed the urethra. This research uses the methodology of cross sectional study, starting with the elderly about the State of logging was made of material exploration. The population is all members of the Posyandu Elderly-sex boys and recorded in the register book Posyandu Health UNIT for Elderly in the town of Blitar in may 2016 as much as 395 elderly. Sampling is done by means of purposive sampling as much as (79 respondents = 80 respondents) 20% of the population. Model healthy lifestyles against the Elderly against prevention of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) in the town of Blitar, the highest is sports and physical activity there increased 16.2% of IE's 67.5% to 50.5%, the lowest healthy lifestyle was 1.3% from 88.8% to 87.5%. Analysis based on test using the Wilcoxon Test has value significance p = 0.003 (p ? 0.05). In General showed an increase in healthy lifestyle against the risk exposed to BPH. Healthy lifestyle diet and exercise have to approach and understanding periodically on the elderly to improve elderly healthy lifestyle for prevention of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH).
Keywords: A Healthy Lifestyle, Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia, Elderly
Edition: Volume 6 Issue 2, February 2017,
Pages: 1040 - 1045