Pengaruh Dance Movement Therapy terhadap Perubahan Tekanan Darah pada Lansia Hipertensi

Abstract

This study aims to determine the effect of dance movement therapy on changes in blood pressure in hypertensive elderly. The design of this study uses a quasi experimental pre-post with control group of 36 respondents including the treatment group and the control group. The results showed a significant difference in changes in systolic and diastolic blood pressure after being given a dance movement therapy treatment (t = 2.781, p = 0.013), t = 2.465, p = 0.025), and changes in systole and diastolic blood pressure after intervention in the control group (t = 1.458, p = 0.163), t = 0.606, p = 0.552). Thus it can be concluded that dance movement therapy can significantly reduce systolic blood pressure in hypertensive patients.   Keywords: Dance Movement Therapy, Primary Hypertension, Blood Pressure