Open AccessPeningkatan Pengetahuan tentang Penyakit Jantung Koroner
Author(s) -
Ambar Dwi Erawati
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
jurnal abdimas-hip pengabdian kepada masyarakat
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2721-5229
DOI - 10.37402/abdimaship.vol2.iss1.113
Subject(s) - medicine , coronary heart disease , disease , cardiology , framingham risk score
The disease that occurs in the elderly is hypertension. Meanwhile, hypertension has 81.3% risk factors for coronary heart disease. Coronary heart disease can be prevented with a healthy lifestyle, so it is necessary to increase knowledge about coronary heart disease in the elderly. Methods to increase knowledge about coronary heart disease through lectures which are a series of community service activities Assistance for elderly posyandu cadres in RW V, Bambankerep Village, Ngaliyan District, Semarang City. The results increased by 39.1% regarding definition, 21.73% regarding signs and symptoms, 28.3% regarding risk factors and 28.3% regarding the prevention of coronary heart disease.