The Effect of Chayote Juice (Sechium Edule) to Reduce Blood Pressure in Elderly with Hypertension

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10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.055How to use a DOI?

Keywords

blood pressure, chayote juice, elderly, hypertension

Abstract

Hypertension often occurs in the elderly due to hormonal changes after menopause. Treatment of hypertension can be done non-pharmacologically by consuming chayote. This study was to explore the effect of chayote juice on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at Puskesmas (Community Health Center) Teluknaga. This is a auasi-experimental research design with pre-test and post-test without control. 13 respondents were sample of this study taken with non-random metode consecutive sampling. Bivariate analysis was processed with Wilcoxon Match Pair Test. The analysis results with the range of age 60-70 (92.3%) and age 75-90 (7.7%) with females (84.6%) and male (15.4%) shows that median decrease in systolic blood 30.00 mmHg and diastolic 10.00 mmHg. It was obtained p value 0.001 <ɑ 0.05. in conclusion, the chayote juice has effects to reduce blood pressure in elderly with hypertension. The elderly and families are expected to apply independently by consuming chayote juice which aims to maintain and control blood pressure.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Hikmah
AU  - Hera Hastuti
AU  - Eka Mardiana
AU  - Sifaunnisah
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/02/10
TI  - The Effect of Chayote Juice (Sechium Edule) to Reduce Blood Pressure in Elderly with Hypertension
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Community Health (ICCH 2019)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 256
EP  - 259
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.055
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.200204.055
ID  - 2020
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