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PENGARUH KOMBINASI TERAPI ISOMETRIC HANDGRIP EXERCISE DAN RELAKSASI NAPAS DALAM TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH LANSIA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI

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Hypertension is a major risk factor for death from cardiovascular disease.In addition to pharmacological therapy, companion therapy is also needed that aims to reduce blood pressure, including physical activity therapy and relaxation therapy. One of the physical activity and relaxation therapies that can activate impulses immediately due to increased muscle tension and relax the body is isometric handgrip exercise and deep breathing relaxation. This study aims to determine the effect of a combination of isometric handgrip exercise therapy and deep breathing relaxation on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension. This research is a quantitative pre-experimental study with a one group pretest posttest design. The sample of this research is 17 respondents by means of purposive sampling. The statistical analysis of this study used a paired t test with a value of α = 0.05. The results of p value = 0.000 (α ≤0.05) which means that there is a significant effect of a combination of isometric handgrip exercise therapy and deep breathing relaxation on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension. The decrease in blood pressure in the respondents occurred due to contractions in the hand muscles combined with slow and regular breathing relaxation. The results of the research p value show that the combination of isometric handgrip exercise therapy and deep breathing relaxation can significantly reduce blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension. The combination of isometric handgrip exercise therapy and deep breathing relaxation can be recommended as a treatment to complement pharmacological therapy in reducing blood pressure.

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2307002707	T115660	T1156602023	Central Library (REFERENS)	Available but not for loan - Not for Loan

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Call Number

T1156602023

Publisher

Indralaya : Program Studi Keperawatan Bagian Keperawatan, Fakultas Kedokteran Universitas Sriwijaya,., 2023

Collation

xvi, 91 hlm.; Ilus.; 29 cm

Language

Indonesia

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Classification

615.807

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Subject(s)

Terapi Fisik dan Jenis-jenis Terapi
Prodi Keperawatan

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