HUBUNGAN HIPERTENSI DENGAN ANGKA KEJADIAN TENSION-TYPE HEADACHE
Abstract
Background – High blood pressure or hypertension is a condition where the
blood pressure is higher than 140/90 mmHg. The mechanisms of hypertension as
known are changes in anatomy and physiology of the vessels, increasing of RAAS
(Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System) mechanism, and increasing of
sympathetic nervous system. Each mechanisms as mentioned has its own paths,
but all of them is somehow connected and at the end together it would cause
systemic vasoconstriction and would be followed by systemic hypoxia therefore it
probably caused headache sensation. The headache’s characteristic could be
vary and different to each person, but based on headache’s pathophysiology it is
known that hypertension has the closest connection to Tension-Type Headache
(TTH).
Purpose – Find out is there any connection between hypertension and the
frequency of TTH.
Methods – This research uses the observational or analytic survey research
with cross sectional approach. Sample is determined by purposive sampling
technique. The diagnose of TTH is made based on International Classification of
Headache Disorders the 3rd edition, year 2013.
Results – The number of samples in this research contains 55 subjects who
has hypertension with 29 of them are diagnosed by TTH and 26 of them are not
diagnosed by TTH. The significance value is p = 0,364 (p > 0,05) for both
variables that means there is no correlation between the two variables.
Conclusions – Hypertension does not has a correlation with the frequency of
tension-type headache.