PENGARUH JUS MENTIMUN DENGAN DOA KESEMBUHAN TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA DENGAN HIPERTENSI DI WILAYAH KERJA PUSKESMAS BANTUL I

Background: Hypertension is a systolic blood pressure of more than 140 mmHg and a diastolic blood pressure of more than 90 mmHg. Hypertension increases with age because arterial blood vessels experience a decrease in elasticity, causing less vascular response. One of the resources used in controlling blood pressure is cucumber. Treatment in addition to therapy using cucumber can also use spiritual therapy which functions to reduce hypertension in the elderly, one of which is by praying to Allah. Objective: This study aims to determine the effect of cucumber juice with healing prayers on reducing blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension. Methods: This study is a quantitative study by taking the population in this study is elderly hypertension sufferers aged 60-74 years in the working area of the Bantul I Health Center, totaling 30 people. With a quasi-experimental research method, the design is a group that is not taken randomly. This design has a control group, but it is not fully functional to control external variables that can affect the implementation of the experiment. The design of this study was a non-equivalent control group design. Results: Based on the results of the paired t test, it showed that there was a significant difference in systolic and diastolic blood pressure in the intervention group before and after administration of cucumber juice with healing prayer. While the control group showed no significant difference in systolic and diastolic blood pressure between before and after treatment. Conclusion : Cucumber juice with healing prayer has an effect on reducing blood pressure in the elderly with hypertension at the Bantul I Health Center.