Abstract

Hypertension is a deadly disease, although it does not directly kill people who have hypertension, but hypertension can lead to other diseases classified as severe or deadly consist : coronary heart disease, kidney and stroke. Various attempts have been made to control the prevalence of hypertension client but the client prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia is still relatively high. The purpose of this study describes the experience of individuals and families in treating hypertension. Design research using phenomenology and involved 22 participants through in-depth interviews. The results of the study identified four themes, namely the perception of hypertension; due to hypertension, effort to overcome hypertension and support systems for handling hypertension research recommends that it is important to understand the perceptions and effects of hypertension so that it can encoucage clients and families to try to overcome hypertension through the existing support system.