The Effect of Classical Music Therapy on Blood Pressure Reduction in Hypertension in the Elderly at Tresna Werdha Budi in South Kalimantan Province

Abstract

Hypertension is an increase in blood pressure. Management of high blood pressure can be carried out with pharmacological and non-pharmacological therapies. Pharmacological therapy is reducing stress by listening to classical music. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of classical music therapy on reducing blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension. The research design was pre-test experimental with a one-group pre-test and post-test design approach. The population was all elderly people with hypertension at the Tresna Werdha Budi Sejahtera Social Institution, South Kalimantan Province, amounting to 52 people. The sample was 15 people with a purposive sampling technique. Data analysis through Wilcoxon test using 95% confidence level. The results of the study before being given classical music therapy had an average systolic blood pressure of 142 mmHg and after being given classical music therapy the average systolic blood pressure was 124 mmHg. There was an influence between classical music therapy on reducing blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension at the Tresna Werdha Budi Sejahtera Social Institution Banjarbaru, South Kalimantan Province (p value = 0.001). Nurses can provide nursing care interventions to the elderly with hypertension to reduce blood pressure through the provision of classical music.
 Keywords: Classical Music, Blood Pressure, Hypertension