Abstract
Hypertension is classified as a disease that is often called the Silent Killer. Hypertension can attack various ages, including the elderly. Hypertension in the long term will cause various complications. In the Treatment of hypertension, many natural plants can be consumed, one of which is star fruit. Sweet starfruit juice is very useful for lowering blood pressure because of its fibre, potassium, phosphorus and vitamin C content. This study was to determine the effect of starfruit juice on lowering blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at the integrated service centre in the working area of Rejosari Dawe Kudus Public Health Center. This study used a Quasy experiment method with a pre-test-post-test research design with a control group. A sample of 20 people, divided into two groups, namely 10 people in the experimental group and 10 people in the control group. The results of the independent t-test, the results of the posttest systolic blood pressure p-value = 0.004, while the diastolic blood pressure posttest p-value = 0.014, so it can be seen that the p-value <0.05, then H0 is rejected and Ha is accepted. In this study, it can be concluded that there is an effect of giving star fruit juice on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at the integrated service centre in the working area of the Rejosari Dawe Kudus Community Health Center.
Highlights
The process of aging is a process of disappearing slowly the ability of the network to repair itself replace and maintain its normal function.[1]
After giving star fruit juice was 155.60 mmHg with SD 10.700 while the average diastole was 90.30 mmHg with SD 2.710. This effect was tested by using the paired t test, namely using the paired test The sample t-test obtained p value = 0.000, so it can be seen that the p value
The systole blood pressure after giving star fruit juice was 182.30 mmHg with SD 22,886, while the average diastole was 99.90 mmHg with SD 10,754. This effect was tested by using the paired t test, namely using the paired test The sample ttest obtained p value = 0.000, so it can be seen that the p value
Summary
The process of aging is a process of disappearing slowly the ability of the network to repair itself replace and maintain its normal function.[1] Many elderly people today suffer from several degenerative diseases, namely hypertension. Hypertension is classified as a disease that is often referred to as a silent killer because it can cause the sufferer to die, hypertension does. Not immediately kill the sufferer, but hypertension triggers the emergence of a deadly disease. 2. Hypertension in the long term will cause various complications. 3. The incidence of hypertension has increased in the world. According to WHO (2013) hypertension kills 9.4 million people in the world every year.[3] Based on data sourced from Riskesdas 2016.4 The prevalence of elderly hypertension in Indonesia is 45.9% for 55-64 years, 57.6%
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