The influence of progressive muscle relaxation on stress, blood pressure, and quality of life in hypertension patients in the working area of Muliorejo Puskesmas, deli Serdang regency

Abdul Hanif Siregar,Agustina Boru Gultom

doi:10.14419/ijans.v7i1.8931

Abdul Hanif Siregar, Agustina Boru Gultom

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https://doi.org/10.14419/ijans.v7i1.8931

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Hypertension is most commonly found in the primary care. It is very important to be warded off since it can cause the incidence of sickness and death. The management through lifestyle is very potential to control blood pressure and even to decrease the need for pharmacological management. The objective of this research was to analyze the influence of progressive muscle relaxation on stress, blood pressure, and quality of life in hypertension patients in the Working Area of Muliorejo Puskesmas, Deli Serdang Regency. The research used the quantitative method with quasi-experimental non-equivalents group control design. The samples were 30 respondents for both treatment and control groups, taken by using consecutive sampling technique. The data were analyzed by using dependent t-test and independent t-test. It could be concluded that there was the influence of progressive muscle relaxation on stress, blood pressure, and quality of life in hypertension patients. It is recommended that using progressive muscle relaxation be seriously considered as a nursing intervention as a complementary therapy for decreasing stress, stabilizing blood pressure, and improving quality of life in hypertension patients in the Working Area of Muliorejo Puskesmas, SunggalSubdistrict, DeliSerdang Regency.

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Hypertensionis most commonly found in the primary care, and it is one of the most important problems, which has to be warded off since it can cause the incidence of sickness and death (James, et al, 2013)
It is recommended that using progressive muscle relaxation be seriously considered as nursing intervention as a complementary therapy for decreasing stress, stabilizing blood pressure, and improving quality of life in hypertension patients in the Working Area of Muliorejo Puskesmas, SunggalSubdistrict, DeliSerdang Regency
The same result of the research done by Sheila, et al,(2003) was on the effect of progressive muscle relaxation on blood pressure and psychosocial status of essential hypertension patients with 40 outpatients in the Hypertension Clinic in Taiwan (20 respondents in the treatment group and 20 respondents in the control group)

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Hypertensionis most commonly found in the primary care, and it is one of the most important problems, which has to be warded off since it can cause the incidence of sickness and death (James, et al, 2013) It is the main risk factors in the incidence of cardiovascular disorder. If it is not controlled properly, there will be the increase in blood pressure or hypertension, which will eventually cause stroke, myocardium infarct, heart failure, dementia, kidney failure, and blindness. All these disorders will make people suffer physically, mentally, and financially, and health care system will increase drastically (James, et al.,2013; WHO, 2014). The lifestyle behavior includes the behavior in low salt, low fat, absence from alcohol dieting, and the increase in potassium, fruit, andvegetables, the management of weight control, followedby the decrease in obesity, regular physical exercises, and stress management (Gupta R & Gupta S., 2010)

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