THE INFLUENCE OF TERA EXERCISE ON REDUCING HYPERTENSION IN THE ELDERLY IN THE DUKUGAWING BLOCK KEPUNDUAN VILLAGE DUKUPUNTANG SUB-DISTRICT CIREBON DISTRICT

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 eliminating fat and cholesterol in blood
vessels. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of elderly exercise on
hypertension in the elderly in the Dukugawing Block, Kepunduan Village,
Dukuntang District, Cirebon Regency.
This study used a pre-experimental research design with a one group pre-post test
design with simple total sampling, which involved 34 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
150/94 mmHg, while after the intervention the average blood pressure was
140/90mmHg. Analysis by paired sample t-test obtained a p value = 0.00 <0.05 so
that there was a significant effect on blood pressure before and after being given
an elderly exercise intervention for the elderly in the Dukugawing Block,
Kepunduan Village, Dukuntang District, Cirebon Regency.