PENGARUH PEMBERIAN SENAM TERA TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH TINGGI LANSIA HIPERTENSI

Abstract

According to WHO the prevalence of hypertension increases with age, with an age range of 7.5% 18-39 years, 33.2% 40-59 years and 60 years by 63.1%, with a significant increase seen in low-income countries and medium. This study aims to determine whether there is an effect of giving tera exercise to decrease blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The design of this study used a quasi-experimental research design with a One group pretest post test design. The population of this study was the elderly aged 60-71 years. Sampling using purposive sampling technique in order to obtain a sample of 15 people. The results showed that the mean systolic blood pressure before the intervention was 162.6 and the diastolic blood pressure before the intervention was 99.6. And the mean systolic blood pressure after the intervention was 143.6 and the diastolic blood pressure after the intervention was 89.0. The results of the analytical test using the Wilcoxon signed ranks test showed that there was a difference in the average blood pressure before and after the intervention with a systolic value of p = 0.000 and a diastolic value of p = 0.002. high blood pressure in the elderly.