The Effect of Yoga and Hypertension Exercise on Blood Pressure in Hypertensive Mothers in The Working Area of The Penurunan Community Health Center in Bengkulu City

Abstract

Hypertension remains a major health problem worldwide. Hypertension often leads to dangerous conditions because its presence is often unnoticed and does not cause complaints. Many respondents still do not practice yoga and hypertension exercises in their daily lives. This study aims to determine the effect of yoga and hypertension exercises on blood pressure in mothers with hypertension in the work area of ​​the Bengkulu City Health Center. This study is a quantitative study with a quasi-experimental design with a two-group pretest-posttest design. The sample in this study were mothers with hypertension in the Penurunan Health Center with 60 respondents. Data analysis used to determine the difference in Systolic Blood Pressure (SBP) and Diastolic Blood Pressure (DBP) before and after the intervention was carried out using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. The results of this study showed that the average blood pressure before the yoga group intervention was 159/97 mmHg and the average blood pressure after the yoga group intervention was 154/87 mmHg. The average blood pressure before the hypertension exercise group intervention was 159/96 mmHg and the average blood pressure after the intervention in the hypertension exercise group was 147/89 mmHg. The results of the bivariate analysis showed that the SBP Post p-value = 0.042 ≤ 0.05 and the DBP Post p-value = 0.002 ≤ 0.05. Using a 95% confidence level, H0 was rejected, which means there is an effect of yoga and hypertension exercise on blood pressure in mothers with hypertension in the work area of ​​the Penurunan Health Center. Yoga and hypertension exercise for mothers with hypertension can be an effective method in conveying information to hypertension sufferers.