Research Paper
Year: 2019 | Month: August | Volume: 6 | Issue: 8 | Pages: 453-456
Effect of Meditation Therapy to Reduce Blood Pressurein Elderly of Hypertension Patients
Armaita1, Yessi Aprihatin1
1Department of Vocational Nursing, Universitas Negeri Padang, West Sumatera Indonesia
Corresponding Author: Armaita
ABSTRACT
Background: The aim of the study was determine effect of meditation therapy to reduce blood pressure in elderly of hypertension patients.
Methods: The study was conducted using a quasi experiment with one group pretest-posttest design. Data were collected in Tresna Werdha Social Institution Batusangkar West Sumatera Province Indonesia. The populations in this study were all elderly with sample size 15 respondents. Sampling technique with total sampling. Data analysis used paired sample T test. A two-tailed P-value of <0.05 was considered statistically significant. All data were analysed using SPSS 21.0 program.
Results: The results of the analysis showed that before the intervention most of the elderly had moderate hypertension (54.0%), the results after the intervention less than half of the elderly had mild hypertension (47.0%). There was an effect of meditation to reduce blood pressure in elderly of hypertension patients (p<0.05).
Conclusion: This analysis confirmed effect of meditation to reduce blood pressure in elderly of hypertension patients. Based on the results of this study it is recommended to provide health education to the elderly about non-pharmacological therapies that are easily carried out by the elderly in order to find out prevention and reduce the disease they suffer as well as check the disease from the nearest health service.
Key words: Blood Pressure, Hypertension, Meditation
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