Media Keperawatan Indonesia
Vol 8, No 4 (2025)

The Role of Elderly Cadres in the Prevention and Control of Hypertension

Marsito, Marsito (Unknown)
Saraswati, Rina (Unknown)
Ernawati, Ernawati (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
20 Dec 2025

Abstract

Hypertension is a health problem in Indonesia, with increasing prevalence, while efforts to maintain it are still lacking. National health research data shows a prevalence of 34.11%, and the current prevalence in Indonesia has reached 45.9%, which is considered high. This study aims to examine the role of health cadres in intervening in elderly hypertension. We compare the blood pressure of elderly who received the intervention and the control group. The research method used a paired t-test in the intervention group, and the control group was conducted by cadres. We compared the results of elderly blood pressure measured by health cadres with the intervention group without education as a control. The results in the intervention group for elderly hypertension were p = 0.0002, while in the control group, p = 0.040. This means that both groups experienced a decrease in blood pressure in elderly hypertension in the intervention and control groups. However, a significant decrease occurred in the intervention group. This means that cadres providing education to elderly hypertension quickly reduce blood pressure compared to those who did not receive education. Therefore, the role of cadres is very important in reducing the prevalence of hypertension control.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

MKI

Publisher

Subject

Health Professions Medicine & Pharmacology Nursing Public Health

Description

Media Keperawatan Indonesia is intended to be the university journal for publishing articles reporting the results of research in nursing. Media Keperawatan Indonesia invites manuscripts in the areas of medical-surgical nursing, emergency and disaster nursing, critical nursing, pediatric nursing, ...