PEMBERIAN JUS MENTIMUN (Cucumis sativus L) TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH WANITA USIA REPRODUKTIF PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DERAJAT SATU

Abstract

Hypertension or often referred to as high blood pressure is a condition where high blood pressure persists. Every time the heart beats, then the heart will pump blood to the blood vessels, then bring blood throughout the body. In adult, normal blood pressure is 120 mmHg systolic and 80 mmHg diastolic. Someone is saaid to be hypertensive if the systolic blood pressure is 140 mmHg and the diastolic is the same or above 90 mmHg. This reseacrh was carried out at the Tigo Baleh Health Center in Bukittinggi City. Desain Eksperimental research design, a sample of 10 women of reproductive age. The subject were divided into two group, the intervention group and the control group, the interprocervention group was given 100 gr f cucumber which was processed into juice, which was given for five consecutive days. Data analysis using t-dependent statistical test. Average blood pressure pre-test 141/85,9 mmHg (intervention), and 133/ 82,1 mmHg (control), and mean blood pressure post-test 133/82,1 mmHg (intervention), and 149/ 90,0 mmHg (control). The difference in average blood pressure before and after cucumber juice is 8,12/3,80 (intervention), and 3,56/1,12 (control). The results of statistical tests in getting the intervention group systolic value (p<0,00) and diastolic (p<0,00) while the control group is systolic value (p>0,06) and diastolic (p> 120).The conslusion of this study is that cucumber juice administration can reduce blood pressure in hypertension patient in the firts degree (one) reproductive age women.