PENGARUH CHAIR BASED EXERCISE TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA DENGAN HIPERTENSI DI PANTI JOMPO GRIYA ASIH LAWANG
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- Background : Elderly is one of the risk factors for an increase in blood pressure or hypertension caused an increase in abnormal blood pressure in the arteries which transports blood from the heart and pumps throughout the tissues and organs of the body continuously. The benefits of Chair Based Exercise are that it can reduce heart rate which will affect the decrease in cardiac output, which ultimately lowers blood pressure. Objective : To determine the effect of Chair Based Exercise on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at Griya Asih Lawang Nursing Home. Research Methods : The research design used was pre-experimental with one group pre-post test design approach. Respondents in this study were elderly with hypertension who were in Griya Asih Lawang Nursing Home. The total sample of 24 respondents who met the criteria was obtained from the purposive sampling method. The intervention used is low impact aerobic exercise. With research using gymnastics chair-based exercise Results : The results of the study with the Wilcoxon test by giving an intervention in the form of a chair based exercise showed the results of statistical analysis with a value of p = 0.000 <α = 0.05, the results of the data that H1 was accepted, can be interpreted as influences from the exercise. Conclusion : There is a chair based exercise effect on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at Griya Asih Lawang Nursing Home