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Gastritis or commonly known as gastric illness is terribly disturbing for those who suffer from this illness, thus to get better, people often self-medicating themselves. Self-medicating may lead to wrong treatment and as a result, gastritis often relapse and disturb the patients- daily activity. This research aimed to investigate the attitude of people with gastritis in the working area of PHC Sukawati I in managing gastritis incidence in 2019. Total sampling was implemented in this research. The respondents of this study were 196 people suffering from gastritis, aged between 20-44 years old in the working area of PHC Sukawati I, Gianyar Regency. This study implemented descriptive design with cross-sectional approach. The results revealed that 152 respondents had poor attitude on and 44 respondents had moderate attitude on pharmacology use for medication. It was also found that 139 respondents had moderate attitude and 57 respondents had poor attitude on the use of non-pharmacology medication. 106 respondents had poor attitude and 90 respondents had moderate attitude in treating the gastritis incidence. The majority of people with gastritis (106 respondents) in the working area of PHC Sukawati I, Gianyar had poor attitude in treating gastritis.