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Elderly Exercises and Finger Grip Relaxation to Reduced Blood Pressure Indra Ruswadi; Masliha
Jurnal Penelitian Pendidikan IPA Vol 10 No SpecialIssue (2024): Science Education, Ecotourism, Health Science
Publisher : Postgraduate, University of Mataram

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.29303/jppipa.v10iSpecialIssue.8408

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The elderly experience a phase of decline in all body organ functions, such as social, physical, psychological and emotional abilities which become increasingly weakened so that the elderly become vulnerable. fights various diseases, including hypertension. Elderly exercise and finger grip relaxation are non-pharmaceutical therapies that are believed to lower blood pressure. This study aims to determine the effect of elderly exercise and finger grip relaxation on reducing blood pressure. The research design used was a quasi-experimental nonequivalent control group pre-post test design. The research sample consisted of 114 respondents who were divided into 3 groups of 38 respondents each, with inclusion criteria: Elderly people suffering from hypertension, minimum age 60 years, currently taking antihypertensive medication, blood pressure >140/90 mmHg, able to participate in gymnastics movements. / can move the whole body, does not smoke and is not obese. Group selection used consecutive sampling techniques. The research location was carried out in the Cantigi Community Health Center working area and the Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney tests were used to analyze this research data. Research results: systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after the test in the control group (systolic p = 0.480 and diastolic p = 0.301), systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after the test in the exercise group (systolic p and diastolic p = 0.001), as well as relaxation of finger grip on a decrease in blood pressure (systolic p = 0.001 and p = 0.012 diastolic). The difference in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after elderly exercise and finger grip relaxation shows that elderly exercise produces lower diastolic blood pressure results compared to finger grip relaxation (diastolic p = 0.015 and 0.005). Conclusion: elderly exercise and finger grip relaxation have an effect on reducing blood pressure and elderly exercise produces lower diastolic blood pressure results compared to finger grip relaxation (diastolic p = 0.015 and 0.005).
The Relationship Between Self Efficacy and Family Support With Hypertension Treatment Adherence of Elderly Ruswadi, Indra; Asyari, Hasyim; Marsono, Marsono; Akhmadi, Akhmadi; Purwanta, Purwanta
Jurnal Pendidikan Keperawatan Indonesia Vol 9, No 1 (2023): Volume 9, Nomor 1, Juni 2023
Publisher : Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.17509/jpki.v9i1.59455

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Hypertension is a degenerative disease that increasing in its prevalence. Hypertension requires a long enough time to its treatment, even if there are no symptoms the patients should continue taking medication. So, patients need to obey to take medication. Adherence to taking medication correlated with self-efficacy and family support. This research aims to determine the relationship between self-efficacy and family support in hypertension treatment adherence of the elderly at Widasari Health Center, Indramayu Regency. The research design is a cross-sectional study. The sample of this research was 78 elderly. The data analysis used univariate to explain independent variables such as self-efficacy and family support, the dependent variable is hypertension treatment adherence, while the bivariate was used to determine the relationship between independent variables and the dependent variable. Dependent variable using the chi-square statistical test. The result of this research showed that 61.5% of the elderly had high self-efficacy criteria, 71.8% of the elderly received their family support, and 60.3% of the elderly obey to hypertension treatment adherence. The chi-square statistical test showed that there was a relationship between self-efficacy and family support with hypertension treatment adherence and also there is a relationship between self-efficacy and the level of adherence to taking medication in people with hypertension. It is recommended to increase the elderly self-efficacy by being able to communicate with fellow elderly who are undergoing hypertension treatment and now have reduced symptoms due to treatment adherence. Nurses should be able to provide health promotion about the importance of self-efficacy and family support in increasing compliance for the elderly undergoing hypertension treatment.