PENGARUH PEMBERIAN JUS MELON TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA HIPERTENSI DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS ALAI PADANG

Abstract

Increasing the incidence of hypertension is not separated from the lack of public awareness of the causes of hypertension. One way to reduce the incidence of hypertension is non-pharmacologically by consuming melon juice. Phenomenon in the field found not elderly who consume melon juice as a blood pressure decrease, elderly only consume cucumber, squash and celery. This study aims to see the effect of melon juice on blood pressure drop in hypertension elderly at Puskesmas Alai Padang in 2019. Research type is Quasy Experiment with One-Group Pre-Test and Post-Test design. The study was conducted in May-October 2019. The population of all hypertensive elderly were 352 people, with purposive sampling technique technique which amounted to 10 people. Data collection using observation sheets and meter tension. Data processing done manually by step entry and cleaning. Univariate analysis was done by looking at mean and standard deviation, while bivariate analysis was done by dependent t-test with significance level α = 0,05.The results obtained average blood pressure elderly hypertension before given melon juice that is 166,90/94,50 mmhg and after given melon juice that is 143,50 / 85 mmhg. There is an effect of melon juice on changes in blood pressure (p value = 0.000).Through the leadership of puskesmas, it is expected that nurses can include non pharmacology therapy, especially the use of melon juice as antihypertensive as a self-care measure to lower blood pressure and apply to the community to overcome the problem of hypertension through health education by using interesting media.

Keywords            : Melon Juice, Blood Pressure