Relaksasi dengan Berzikir Menurunkan Tekanan Darah Lansia Hipertensi yang Mengikuti Senam Lansia

Abstract

Based on the results of Rikesdas 2018, the prevalence of elderly hypertension is 55.2% in the 55-64 age category, and 63.2% in the 65-74 age category. Hypertension can cause damage to the kidneys, heart, and blood vessels and can even cause death. Non-pharmacological treatment is proven to control blood pressure, so the use of drugs can be reduced. Deep breathing relaxation with zikir is expected to increase the relaxation effect so that it has an impact on lowering blood pressure. Research objective to determine the effect of deep breathing relaxation with zikir on elderly blood pressure with hypertension who take part in elderly gymnastics in Bengkulu City. The research method is quasi experiment with a Nonequivalent Control Group Design with a pretest and posttest. The sample is the elderly in Bengkulu City with 60 total samples, 30 samples from the treatment group and 30 samples from the control group, taken using a simple random sampling technique. The data was collected by using observation sheets and questionnaires. The data analysis was carried out by univariate and bivariate on the Mann-Whitney test with α 5%, and multivariate analysis using the Mancova test. The results of the Mancova test have a p-value of 0.002, meaning that there is an effect of deep breath relaxation with Zikir on the systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the elderly with hypertension. Deep breathing relaxation with zikir that is carried out regularly can be one of the nursing interventions to reduce blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension in the community.

Keywords

• elderly
• hypertension
• relaxation
• zikir.