PELATIHAN SENAM HIPERTENSI UNTUK MENGONTROL TEKANAN DARAH PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI DUSUN TANEN, KEMUNING, NGARGOYOSO, KARANGANYAR

Abstract

Hypertension is a health problem that is quite dangerous throughout the world because hypertension is the main risk factor that leads to cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and kidney disease. In 2016, ischemic heart disease and stroke became the two main causes of death in the world. Based on the 2018 Riskendes Central Java Province Report, data on patients suffering from hypertension in Central Java Province was 63,191, and hypertension sufferers in Karanganyar Regency were 1,651. It is important to carry out health education to control the blood pressure of hypertension sufferers through counseling activities and hypertension exercises. The methods used in this activity are lectures or delivery of material, discussions and questions and answers, checking participants' blood pressure, and hypertension exercises. 47 participants attended. After doing regular hypertension exercises for 2 weeks (twice a week for 30 minutes), the results were obtained in the form of optimal blood pressure increasing, normal high blood pressure decreasing, mild hypertension remaining, moderate hypertension decreasing, severe hypertension remaining, hypertension very severe decline, even non-existent or zero. So it can be concluded that hypertension exercise can be an effort to reduce the blood pressure of hypertension sufferers.