Terapi Akupresur Menurunkan Tekanan Darah Pasien Hipertensi

Abstract

The high prevalence of hypertension is a problem for public health status, so hypertensive
patients need to get safe treatment from side effects of medication, because treatment must
be carried out in the long term. In this study, researchers conducted acupressure therapy to
reach lower blood pressure in hypertensive patients. This study used a quasi-experimental
with one group pre and post-test design. The sample in this study involved 15 hypertensive
patients where hypertension drugs were still consumed. The results of this study showed that
after being given acupressure therapy, systolic blood pressure decreased by 15people and
diastolic pressure decreased by 12 people and increased by 3 people. Before being given
therapy, the mean systolic blood pressure was 164.02 mmHg and after acupressure therapy
it decreased to 141.44 mmHg, and the mean diastolic pressure before therapy was 91.49
mmHg and decreased after therapy to 86.71mmHg. The results of the paired t test showed
that diastolic blood pressure (p value = 0.000) and diastolic blood pressure (p value =
0.000), meaning that there was an effect of acupressure therapy on lowering blood pressure.
Acupressure therapy is effective forlowering blood pressure, so it is hoped that this modality
therapy can also be implemented in government health care facilities by health workers,
especially nurses in order to reduce the side effects of medical treatment.