The Effect Of Elderly Exercise On Blood Pressure Reduction In Elderly Hypertension Patients In Puskesmas Wara North Palopo City

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hypertension is a multifactorial disease that arises due to various factors. Increased age will cause physiological pressure, at the same time an increase in the number of peripheries and sympathetic activity. The purpose of the study To determine the effect of elderly on the decrease in blood pressure at the North Wara Puskesmas Palopo City Year 2022. The research design used in this study is "Quasi experimental pre-post test". The sample in this research is 15 respondents by using convenience sampling method. The analysis is a test t test. The results showed average mean blood value before elderly gymnastics intervention was 1.87 (SD = 0.35) and mean the mean blood value given diabetic foot gymnastic intervention was 1.26 (SD = 0.45). The mean difference between before and post-action is 0.61. This indicates that respondents who received elderly gymnastics treatment decreased in blood (p-value 0.000). Health workers need to socialize and train the skills to implement elderly gymnastics so that it can carry out the management of elderly who experience hypertension by nonfarmakologi management to control blood pressure in hypertension patient.

Keywords: elderly gymnastics, elderly blood