Pengaruh Pemberian Jus Tomat Terhadap Tekanan Darah Lansia Penderita Hipertensi Di Puskesmas Kotabumi 2 Kecamatan Kotabumi Selatan Kabupaten Lampung Utara

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ABSTRACT: THE EFFECT OF TOMATO JUICE CONSUMPTION TOWARD BLOOD PRESSURE DECREASE ON HYPERTENSIVE ELDER PATIENTS AT KOTABUMI 2 HEALTH CENTER OF KOTABUMI SELATAN SUBDISTRICT OF LAMPUNG UTARA REGENCY  Introduction: Hypertension is a blood vessel disruption causing deficiency of oxygen and nutrition brought blood hampered to reach the target tissues. Based on the SP2TP of Kotabumi 2 Health Center of Kotabumi Selatan Sub district of Lampung Utara Regency, the health center placed the first rank for the hypertension number in the regency with 2,998 cases. Objective: This study was to identify the effect of tomato juice consumption toward blood pressure decrease on hypertensive elder patients at Kotabumi 2 Health Center of Kotabumi Selatan Sub district of Lampung Utara Regency in 2019. Method: This was a quantitative study with quasi experiment design and one group pretest and posttest approach. The population of the study consisted of 143 elder people complaining hypertension. The sampling technique was accidental sampling that resulted 30 respondents. The independent variable was giving tomato juice while the dependent variable was blood pressure decrease. The study was conducted at Kotabumi 2 Health Center of Kotabumi Selatan Sub district of Lampung Utara Regency. The data analysis was through univariate and bivariate (T-Test). Result: the result of the study found that the mean score of blood pressure before given intervention was 152.83 with 5.279 deviation standard. After the intervention was undertaken, the blood pressure average score was 133.00 with 5.072 deviation standard. It implied that there was an effect of tomato juice towards blood pressure decrease on elder patients at Kotabumi 2 Health Center of Kotabumi Selatan Sub district of Lampung Utara Regency in 2019 (t-test > t table, 19.833 > 4.197 p value = 0.000 (p value t tabel, 19,833> 4,197 p-value = 0,000 (p-value < α = 0,05).Kesimpulan : Ada pengaruh jus tomat terhadap tekanan darah lansia penderita hipertensi di Puskesmas Kotabumi 2 Kecamatan Kotabumi Selatan Kabupaten Lampung Utara tahun 2019. Saran bagi petugas kesehatan puskesmas dapat menerapkan penatalaksanaan penurunan tekanan darah pada penderita hipertensi dengan cara non farmakologis yaitu dengan pemberian terapi jus tomat Kata kunci        : hipertensi, jus tomat