EFFECTIVENESS OF COCONUT WATER AGAINST BLOOD PRESSURE REDUCTION FOR HYPERTENSION PATIENTS

Abstract

High blood pressure or hypertension is a state where a person experiences an increase in blood pressure above normal figures indicate the upper number (systolic) reached 140 mmHg, and the bottom number (diastolic) reaches above 90mmHg. Patients with hypertension in the world reached 1 billion, or 1 out of 4 adults. Hypertension caused 1 of 7 deaths or totaled 7 million annually that cause damage to heart, brain, eyes, and kidneys. The objective of study was to find out the effectiveness of coconut water on the reduction of blood pressure in patients with hypertension. This type of research was quasy experiment with non-equivalet research design. The population of study were all the people in Beringin Makmur Village RT 01 RW 01 Pelalawan District Riau Province aged 30-50 years with hypertension who meet the criteria. The sample of study amounted to 30 people. The sampling technique was taken using total sampling method. The sample of study consisted of two groups as the experimental group and the control group, then followed by pretest in both groups and the intervention in the experimental group. There were significant differences in blood pressure (both systolic and diastolic) final adult patients with hypertension before and after the control group in Beringin Makmur Village Pelalawan District Riau Province p-value for sistole 0.334 and p-value 0.253 for diastolic p-value > 0.05. The result of study indicates means that the coconut water therapy effective in lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension. More people were expected to know that coconut water could lowering blood pressure and prevent hypertension.