Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)

The Effect of Feet Soaking Using Warm Water with Ginger Aromatherapy to Decrease Blood Pressure on Hypertension Patients in the Working Area of Community Health Center 1 Sumbang Banyumas

Authors
Kiki Alfillaturrohman, Tophan Heri Wibowo, Amin Susanto Nursing
Corresponding Author
Kiki Alfillaturrohman
Available Online 10 February 2020.
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.074How to use a DOI?
Keywords
feet soaking, ginger aromatherapy, blood pressure, hypertension
Abstract

One way to lower blood pressure is using feet soaking therapy with warm water using a ginger aromatherapy. Soaking parts of the body into the warm water can improve circulation, reduce edema, and improve muscle relaxation, which leads to blood pressure drop. This study aimed to find out whether there is an effect of feet soaking with warm water using ginger aromatherapy to decrease blood pressure on hypertension patients. The method of this research was Quasi-experiment with pre- and post-test design with control group. The instrument used was a sphygmomanometer. This research was carried out for one week by providing therapy for 7 feet of warm water mixed with aromatherapy ginger every morning. The samples were taken using Purposive Sampling which resulted in 20 respondents. The statistical tests used were Wilxocon test and Mann Withney test. The results of this study indicated that the value of the Wilxocon test obtained systolic p-value = 0.004 and diastolic p-value = 0.002, H0 is rejected, while the Mann Withney test results obtained systolic p-value = 0.001 and diastolic p-value = 0.005 then H0 is rejected, which means that there is an effect of giving therapy of feet soaking with warm water using ginger aromatherapy to decrease blood pressure on hypertension patients. Therefore, this therapy can be used as a companion to medical therapy.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)
Series
Advances in Health Sciences Research
Publication Date
10 February 2020
ISBN
10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.074
ISSN
2468-5739
DOI
10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.074How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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