EFEKTIVITAS SENAM HIPERTENSI TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA DI DESA SIKEBAU JAYA KECAMATAN ROKAN IV KOTO

Health problems that occur in the elderly are generally a decrease in organ function which triggers the occurrence of various degenerative diseases in the elderly. Hypertension is a symptom of a degenerative disease characterized by systolic blood pressure ≥140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ≥90 mmHg. The management of hypertension in postmenopausal women apart from pharmacology can also be done with non-pharmacology such as elderly exercise. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of hypertension exercise against reduction of high blood pressure in the elderly in Sikebau Jaya Village, Rokan IV Koto. This research method is quantitative analytic with the research design used is pre-experimental with one group pre-test and post-test design. Data collection used a Sphygmomanometer, while data analysis used the T-Dependent test. The sample in this study was 61 elderly respondents who had high blood pressure. The results of the study from the analysis of data on the average decrease in systolic blood pressure after doing hypertension exercise, namely (156.92 mmHg), and before doing physical activity (160.85 mmHg) d, while the decrease in diastolic blood pressure after doing physical activity obtained an average average (87.41 mmHg) and before (94.89 mmHg). The conclusion is that there is an effect of hypertension exercise on reducing blood pressure in the elderly in Sikebau Jaya Village, Rokan IV Koto District, Rokan Hulu Regency with (p value = 0.00). It is hoped that the results of this study can be a source of information for Sikebau Jaya Village that doing hypertension exercises can reduce high blood pressure in the elderly and can be used as an alternative therapy.