The Influence of Hypertension Exercise on Blood Pressure in Elderly Hypertension in The Working Area Of The Kedaton Health Center in Penengahan Raya Village Bandar Lampung

Abstract

Blood pressure can increase when one is aged 45 – 55 years old. The artery walls become thickdue to the collagen acumulation in the muscle layers. As a result, the blood vessels willgradually narrow and become rigid. Elderly exercise is a mild exercise. It is easy to do wothourburdensome, which is dedicated to the elderly. The objective of this research is to analyze theeffect of the elderly exercise on the blood pressure of the hypertension elderly at CommunityHealth Center of Kedaton.This reseach used the quasi experimental method with pre and post test design. The populationof research consisted of 64 respondents, 32 as the experimental group and the rest 32 as thecontrol group. The former was exposed to the intervention of the elderly hypertension exercise.The data of research were analyzed by using T test.There was an effect of the elderly hypertension exercise on the systolic blood pressure anddyastolic blood pressure of the hypertension respondents at Community Health Center ofKedaton as indicated by the p value = 0,000. So H0 rejected and H1 accepted. The healthworkers are required to conduct socialization and training of the elderly hipertention exerciseneed to socialize and train the performance skill of hipertension exercise. So, they can managethe elderly whom have hypertension by using non-pharmacological management to controlblood pressure on hypertension patients.