Husnaniyah, DedehHidayatin, TitinHandayani, Eka Juwita2021-11-012021-11-012020-11-04978-6025-309922wahyu sari yenihttps://repository.unri.ac.id/handle/123456789/10317One of the complications that often occurs due to hypertension is a stroke. Stroke can be prevented by positive behavior. Sex contributes to a person’s behavior. The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship between sex and stroke prevention behavior in hypertension sufferer. Method: This research used descriptive with a cross-sectional study. Its samples were taken by doing a purposive sampling technique out of 246 respondents. Its instrument was a questionnaire and its data analysis was bivariate analysis with Chi-square test. Result: The results showed that 128 (52%) respondents had good behavior in preventing stroke, 118 (48%) respondents had bad behavior in preventing stroke, those number was taken from as many as 63 (25.6%) male respondents and 183 female respondents. The result between Sex and stroke prevention behavior in patients with hypertension with a p value = 0.001 (<0.05).Conclusion: There is a relationship between sex and stroke prevention behavior to hypertension sufferers.enHypertensionSexBehaviorPresentation