Journal of Epidemiology and Public Health
Vol. 9 No. 2 (2024)

The Effect of Yoga Exercise on Reducing Blood Pressure among Elderly with Hypertension

Maharani, Aura Rosse (Unknown)
Haritsah, Nurul Fithriati (Unknown)
Windiastoni, Yoga Handita (Unknown)
Noerdjannah (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
16 Apr 2024

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is a silent killer with no symptoms. One of the non-pharmacological treatments used is yoga exercises. This study aims to determine yoga exercise on reducing blood pressure among elderly with hypertension.Subjects and Method: This study is a one-group pre and post-test conducted at the Tohudan Colomadu Karanganyar Elderly Posyandu from March to April 2024. A total of 19 elderly people aged 50 to 70 years were selected using purposive sampling. The dependent variable in this study was a decrease in blood pressure. The independent variable in this study was yoga gymnastics. The study was conducted by measuring blood pressure before and after yoga exercises using a sphygmomanometer. The collected blood pressure data was analyzed using SPSS.Results: Average systolic blood clearance (Mean= 148.53; SD=6.62) and diastolic blood pressure (Mean= 93.26; SD= 2.05) before the intervention was higher than systolic blood pressure (Mean= 141.53; SD= 7.32) and diastolic blood pressure (Mean= 87.37; SD=2.29) after the intervention, and the results were statistically significant (p=<0.001).Conclusion: Systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure before intervention were higher than systolic blood pressure and diastolic blood pressure after intervention.

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jepublichealth

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Subject

Public Health

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Background: Increased blood pressure for a long time can increase the risk of kidney failure, co­ronary heart disease, brain damage, and other di­seases. In 2019, it is estimated that hyper­tens­ion is experienced by 1.13 billion people in the world with most (two thirds) living in low and ...