The Effect of Healthy Heart Gymnastics on the Reduction of Blood Pressure in the Elderly in the Working

Area of the Ulunambo Health Center in Padalaa Village District

Menui Islands Morowali Regency

The more age a person will experience a setback in the organs of the body, the more diseases that arise,
one of which is hypertension. hypertension can cause a variety of short-term and long-term impacts that
require a comprehensive and integrated long-term response. The purpose of this study was to determine
the effect of before and after doing healthy heart exercises on the reduction of blood pressure in elderly
people with hypertension at the Ulunambo Health Center in Padalaa Village, Menui Islands District,
Morowali Regency. The frequency of research uses a comparative research method with quasi-
experimental design (pre-experimental design) and uses a purposive sampling technique. This study was
conducted on 46 respondents, but the researchers measured changes in the average blood pressure pre-
test and post-test only at 20 respondents because when data was taken out there were 26 out of 26
other respondents.

The results showed that from 20 hypertensive patients given healthy heart gymnastics treatment, it was
found that there was a decrease in the average systolic and diastolic blood pressure of 3.821 mmg for
systolic blood pressure and 6.967 mmg for diastolic blood pressure. the results of statistical tests using
paired samples test by looking at the p-value for systolic value of 0,000 and distolic at 0,000 smaller than
α (0,05).

So it can be concluded that there is an influence of healthy heart gymnastics on the reduction of blood
pressure in the elderly.

Keywords: Decreased Blood Pressure, Healthy Heart Gymnastics, Hypertension

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