Physical activity can bring significant health benefits to people of all age, extend years of active independent living, reduce disability, and manage blood pressure for older people. Hypertension that considered one of early signs of risk factor leading to chronic diseases need to be controlled with adequate physical activity. Identifying the factors relating physical activity within a theoretical framework is a prerequisite to increase physical activity. The aim of this study was identifying factors relating physical activity among older people with hypertension in Bantul, Indonesia. A cross-sectional design was used to achieve the aim. Participants were purposively recruited from four Primary Health Center in Bantul, Indonesia. A total of 174 older people with hypertension were recruited and were asked to complete five questionnaires during a face-to-face interview with researcher at the activity setting. Pearson product moment correlation and Spearman’s Rank analyses were employed for analyzing data. The results showed that age, education level, income, living arrangement, perceived barrier, perceived self efficacy, and social support were significantly associated with physical activity. Meanwhile, gender was not significantly associated with physical activity. In conclusion, adequacy of physical activity can be reached by decreased of perceived barrier, increased of perceived self efficacy, and social support. Intervention program on low education, older age, low income, and living alone group should be focused for target intervention.
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