Jendela Nursing Journal (JNJ)
Vol 7, No 1 (2023): JUNE 2023

The Effectiveness of Feet Soak with Warm Water and Murottal Al-Qur'an to Reduce Blood Pressure In Hypertensive Patients

Titik Sapartinah (Jurusan Keperawatan Poltekkes Semarang)
Ana Sundari (Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang)
Supardi Supardi (Poltekkes Kemenkes Semarang)



Article Info

Publish Date
28 Jun 2023

Abstract

Background: hypertension is a public health problem that is often found in developed and developing countries. There have been many managements of hypertension using non-pharmacological therapy because of their few side effects. Moreover, using more than one therapy in several studies has proven effective.Purpose: to determine the effectiveness of feet soak with warm water and murottal Al-Qur'an to reduce blood pressure in hypertensive patients.Methods: this study used Quasy Experiments with Nonequivalent Control Group Design. These samples were 36 respondents. The sampling technique used purposive sampling and the tests used Paired Sample T-Test and Independent Sample T-Test.Results: the results showed that blood pressure before being given combination therapy with feet soak and murottal Al-Qur'an, showed average value 152.33 (systolic) and 94.17 (diastolic), while after being given combination therapy, the average value becomes 135.17 (systolic) and 81.11 (diastolic) means it has decreased with p value = 0.0000.05. In control group, there was no decreased change in diastolic blood pressure (p = 0.100).Conclusion: the combination of feet soak therapy and murrotal Al-Qur'an is effective in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients. This combination therapy can be applied easily using standard operating procedures that have been made in this study.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jnj

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Nursing

Description

Jurnal Riset Kesehatan (ISSN 2252-5068) is a peer-reviewed journal that publishes scientific articles about health sciences covering areas of Nursing. The articles were published on the results of original scientific research (top priority), scientific review article that is new (not a priority), or ...