Viva Medika: Jurnal Kesehatan, Kebidanan dan Keperawatan
Vol 9 No 2 (2016)

PERBEDAAN TEKANAN DARAH SEBELUM DAN SETELAH TERAPI HUMOR DI KELURAHAN MERSI PURWOKERTO

Dwi Novitasari (Unknown)
Sidik Awaludin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
23 Jan 2017

Abstract

Uncontrolled hypertension can lead to heart disease, kidney failure and stroke.Various complementary therapies developed to reduce high blood pressure. Joketherapy can cause a relaxation response and lowers blood pressure. The purpose ofthis study was to identify the impact of joke therapy on blood pressure.This study used the research design of One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Theamount of samples of this study were 20 patients with hypertension in Mersi. Thesampling technique used purposive sampling.The results of the study showed a significant differences of the blood pressure beforeand after joke therapy humor therapy (p value sistolic = 0,000 dan p value = 0,004) Keyword: joke therapy, blood pressure, hypertension

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Journal Info

Abbrev

VM

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Viva Medika Is a journal that publishes articles or research results relating to health, nursing and midwifery issues. Viva Medika is published by Harapan Bangsa University twice a year (September and February). The mission of the Journal of Viva Medika is to disseminate and discuss scientific ...