INFLUENCE OF BRISK WALKING EXERCISE ON BLOOD PRESSURE AMONG ESSENTIAL HYPERTENSION PATIENTS

Abstract

Background: Complementary Therapies now are become commonplace and preferred by patients. The one which is growing is Brisk walking exercise complementary therapy, which has correlation with blood pressure. Research purposes: to prove the effect of brisk walking exercise on blood pressure in patients with essential hypertension Method:This type of research is a quasi exsperiment approach to non equivalent control group design pretest and posttest, where the intervention group of hypertension patients taking anti-hypertensive medication and given treatment in the form of brisk walking exercise 30 minutes for 8 sessions in 2 weeks, while the control group of patients hypertension who just take drugs. Sampling was done by purposive sampling method were 116 patients with essential hypertension were treated in Public health centers Secang 1. Blood pressure measurements performed at the beginning and end of the study. Statistical test using Wilcoxon test and Mann-Whitney. Results: results of the study showed a mean decrease in blood pressure, with significance at p = 0.001 systolic pressure and diastolic pressure of p = 0.001. Conclusion: Brisk walking exercise can be done as a complementary therapy in patients with essential hypertension. Brisk walking will exercise resisted vascular so that the end result can lower the blood pressure.