Pengaruh Senam Lansia Terhadap Tekanan Darah Pada Pasien Hipertensi Di Wilayah Puskesmas Batumalonro Kabupaten Gowa

As the elderly get older, the cardiovascular system will experience changes
such as arteries that lose their elasticity, this can cause an increase in pulse and
blood systolic pressure. Elderly gymnastics that utilizes motion by activating the
sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems and increasing the release of
various hormones that cause the individual’s condition to relax. Elderly gymnastics
is a physical activity that is useful for ’liminating fat and cholesterol in blood
vessels. Elderly is divided into 4 (four) ’amely middle age (middle age = 45-59
years), elderly (elderly = age 60-74 years), elderly elderly (old = 75-90 years), and
very old age (very old). Old = over 90 years). The purpose of this study was to
determine the effect of elderly exercise on blood pressure in hypertensive patients
in the Batumalonro Health Center area.
This study used a pre-experimental research design with a one group pre test�post test design with probability sampling, namely purposive, which involved 23
elderly people with hypertension. Blood pressure was measured with a
sphygmomanometer and elderly gymnastics was measured with a standard
operational procedure (SOP), then data analysis was performed using a paired t-test
because the data were normally distributed.
The results showed that the average blood pressure before the intervention was
151.09/80.00 mmHg, while after the intervention the average blood pressure was
148.87/79.83 mmHg. Analysis using the paired sample t-test obtained a p value =
0.604 for systolic pressure and 0.957 for diastolic pressure, so that there was a
significant effect on blood pressure before and after the elderly exercise
intervention was given to the elderly at the Batumalonro Health Center. It is hoped
that elderly exercise can be used and become part of the work program at the
Puskesmas, especially Prolanis.
Keywords: hypertension, lanisa gymnastics, elderly, blood pressure