PENGARUH SENAM LANSIA PADA ERA NEW NORMAL TERHADAP ERUBAHAN TEKANAN DARAH LANSIA HIPERTENSI

Abstract

The elderly are one of the family and community members whose numbers are increasing along with life expectancy. The elderly will experience changes in the system where there is a decrease in organ function so that various health problems can arise such as degenerative diseases, better known as hypertension or also known as "the silent diseases". The importance of the problem to be investigated because the development of hypertension is slow, but it can be very dangerous. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of elderly exercise in the new normal era on changes in blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension. The method used is a descriptive method with a quantitative approach with a sampling technique that is total sampling. Collecting data using observation sheets, sphygmomanometer and standard procedures for elderly gymnastics. The test used in this study is the Wilcoxon test. The results of this study indicate that from the first week to the eighth week with a p value <0.05 so it can be said that there is an influence of elderly exercise in the new normal era on changes in blood pressure of hypertensive elderly in Nepo Village.