ABSTRACT
THE EFFECT OF ELDERLY EXERCISE ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN ELDERLY HYPERTENSION AT THE ELDERLY POSYANDU, BULUKIDUL VILLAGE, BALONG DISTRICT, PONOROGO REGENCY

By
Serlla Nindy Oktaviana
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Hypertension or high blood pressure is an increase in blood pressure in the arteries. Where Hiper means excessive, and Tensi means pressure/tension, so hypertension is a disorder of the circulatory system that causes blood pressure to increase above normal values. One of the non-pharmacological treatments for hypertension is by doing elderly gymnastics. This study aims to examine the Effect of Elderly Gymnastics on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Elderly at the Bulukidul Village Elderly Posyandu. The design of this study used a Quasy Experiment with one group pre-test-post-test design. The sample in this study amounted to 40 people using the total sampling technique. The data collection tool used a blood pressure measurement observation sheet. The statistical test used was the Paired T Test. The results of the study obtained after conducting elderly gymnastics with normal blood pressure of 20 people (50.0%), prehypertension of 17 people (42.5%), and grade 1 hypertension of 3 people (7.5%), statistical tests using paired T-test obtained systolic p value of 0.001 <α 0.05 and diastolic p value of 0.001 <α 0.05. The conclusion is that there is an effect of elderly gymnastics on blood pressure in elderly hypertension at the elderly posyandu, Bulukidul Village, Balong District, Ponorogo Regency. It is hoped that elderly gymnastics will become one of the routine activities to control blood pressure in elderly hypertension.

Keywords: Hypertension, Elderly Gymnastic, Blood Pressure