<![CDATA[Hypertensive retinopathy is a complication of hypertension, which retinal vascular is changed due to increased systemic blood pressure and causing blurred vision. Hypertensive retinopathy has no typical symptoms. The disease process of hypertensive retinopathy includes the acute effects of systemic arterial hypertension and the chronic effects of hypertension due to atherosclerosis. Hypertensive retinopathy can be affected by several risk factors. This study aims to determine the characteristics of hypertensive retinopathy at RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang period 2017 – 2020. This study was descriptive study with a retrospective approach. This study used a total sampling method with the number of samples earned was 46 patients. This research was conducted by observing patients’ medical record data at medical record installation section RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang in February – March 2022. The data obtained from this study were processed by univariate analysis and presented in the frequency distribution table. The results of this study show that out of 46 patients with hypertensive retinopathy, most of them were > 60 years old (50%), and also were found mostly female (52,2%, the most occupation in hypertensive retinopathy patients are housewives, (34,8%), most of patients suffered from grade I hypertension (43,5%) and duration of the patients suffering from hypertension is 6-10 years (52,2%), and also most of patients suffered hypertensive retinopathy stadium Keith-Wagener-Baker II (56,5%). Based on the research that has been carried out, it can be concluded that the majority of hypertensive retinopathy patients are > 60 years old, more than half are female, more are housewives, the majority of patients suffer from stage hypertension and the duration of suffering from hypertension is 6 - 10 years, and more than half had Keith-Wagener-Baker II stage hypertensive retinopathy]]>
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