PENGARUH SENAM PROLANIS TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA DI DESA GLAGAHWERO KECAMATAN PANTI KABUPATEN JEMBER

Abstract

Hypertension is one of the degenerative diseases commonly found in Indoensia. It is characterized by an increase of blood pressure above its normal level and is caused by various factors. This study aimed to obtain the influence of Prolanis exercise on hypertensive patients. This was an experimental field study with a pre-post test one group design conducted for 4 weeks. There were 25 respondents in this study obtained by using purposive sampling. Data were analyzed with the paired t-test.The results showed that there were significant differences between before and after two-times-per-week Prolanis exercise in systolic blood pressure ( p = 0,003 < α =0,001) and in diastolic blood pressure ( p = 0,002 < α =0,001). There were changes in mean blood pressure before and after Prolanis exercise two times per week. Conclusion: In the two groups, there were significant decreases of systolic and diastolic blood pressures after Prolanis exercise for 4 weeks consecutively. Keywords: senam Prolanis, hypertension