ABSTRAK
Rizkiyatul Azkiyah Z.
2015.02.093
ABSTRACT
Rizkiyatul Azkiyah Z.
2015.02.093
Banana is a fruit with high potassium. It can maintain the health of the
circulatory system by controlling the electrical activity of the heart and lowering
blood pressure. Banana consumption is one of the non-pharmacological
treatments to reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension. This study aimed
to determine the effect of ambon banana consumption on changes blood pressure
in elderly with hypertension at Tresna Werdha Social Services unit Glenmore,
Banyuwangi in 2019.
This research method was Quasi experimental with pre-experimental
research design "one-group pre-test-post-test" design. The total population in the
study was 38 respondents, with a total sample of 35 respondents. The sampling
technique used was Purposive Sampling with inclusion and exclusion criteria and
tested using the Wilcoxon Match pair test at the significance level (α 0.05).
The results of the calculation of the statistical test Wilcoxon test using
SPSS obtained ρ = 0,000 <0.05 which means that Ho was rejected Ha was
accepted, that is, there was a significant effect between the consumption of ambon
banana on changes blood pressure in patients with hypertension at Tresna Werdha
Social Services unit Glenmore, Banyuwangi in 2019.
The research results showed that ambon bananas can reduce blood
pressure in the elderly with hypertension, so it is expected that health workers can
socialize and apply the use of ambon banana as a non pharmacological therapy in
the elderly with hypertension.