Pengaruh Massase pada Penderita Hipertensi di UPTD Panti Tresna Werdha Lampung Selatan

Abstract

Impact of Massage to The Patient of Hypertension in UPTD Panti Tresna Wherda, South Lampung. Hypertension is one of the biggest five diseases which was found in UPTD Panti Tresna Wherda. Based on information from the patient of hypertension in UPTD Panti Tresna Wherda, they never get the massage treatment to reduce the blood preasure. Massage reflection is massage with suppression on a point of some spesific body organs to give bio-electric stimulus that cause relax and fresh. this study was to know massage impact to the patient of hypertension in UPTD Panti Tresna Wherda, South Lampung. this study was comparative research design. Total population in UPTD Panti Tresna Wherda were 33 people, then 10 people as sample were take using accidental sampling technique, they were who was elderly with hypertention and around 60 to 75 years old. The result showed the average of systole preasure reduction, before and after doing the massage was: mean value =10, SD=12,472, while the average of diastole preasure reduction, before and after the massage was: mean value = 6, SD=6,902. T-independent test analysis showed p-value of systole and diastole, were 0.032 and 0.024, respectively. It can be concluded that there were impact massage in the patient of hypertension in UPTD Panti Tresna Werdha.