THE EFFECT OF MOSQUITO BANANA ( Musa paradisiaca. S ) ON BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hypertension is a degenerative disease that is often found in the elderly. Hypetension is also called the " silent killer " disease . Treatment can be done with pharmacology or non pharmacology. The disadvantages of pharmacological treatment have many side effects. P Isang ambon moss ( Moses Paradisiaca. S ) contains high potassium which play a role in lowering blood pressure that is through the mechanism of the diuretic. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Ambon mossbanana on blood pressure in hypertensive patients . The method of this research is quasi experiment with pre post test design. Respondents were selected using purposive sampling technique as many as 16 people. The data were processed using the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test . The results of the analysis of the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure before therapy were 147.81 / 95 mmHg and the mean systolic and diastolic blood pressure after therapy was 125.31 / 84.38 mmHg. The result of the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks Test shows that the difference between the average blood pressure before and after therapy is 22.5 mmHg with a p value of 0.000 ( p ≤ 0.05 ) for systolic and 10.624 mmHg with a p value of 0.009 (p ≤ 0.05) ) for diastolic. It can be concluded that there is a significant effect of Ambon moss banana on the blood pressure of hypertensive patients. It is hoped that the public and health workers will actively consume Ambon moss banana as an alternative to prevent and treat hypertension.

Keywords: Hypertension, Elderly, Pisang Ambon Lumut