PENGARUH BRISK WALKING EXERCISE TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANJUT USIA POTENSI HIPERTENSI DI POSYANDU LANSIA KELURAHAN RAMPAL CELAKET
Daftar Isi:
- Background: Hypertension in the elderly generally occurs due to the rigidity of the arteries so that blood pressure tends to increase. Brisk walking exercise is one form of moderate aerobic exercisesthrough brisk exercise. Objective: To determine the effect of brisk walking exercise towards blood pressure of theelderly with potential hypertension at the Elderly Integrated Service Station in RampalCelaket.Village. Methodology: This study employed Pre-Experimental design with One Group Pretest-Posttest design.Purposive sampling was utilized as the sampling technique. Checking blood pressure using sphygmomanometer. Results: Data were obtained in the normality test using Shapiro-Wilk.Then, the data were analyzed through the Wilcoxon test. The Wilcoxon test results obtained a significant value of cystole pretest and posttest 0.000 (P <0.005) as well as significant diastole scores from pretest and posttest 0.000 (P <0.005). Conclusion: Brisk walking exercise has an effect towards the reduction of blood pressure in elderly with potential hypertension at the Elderly Integrated Service Station in Rampal Celaket Village.