PENYULUHAN PEMBERIAN JUS BELIMBING TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH TINGGI PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI PUSKESMAS DELI TUA TAHUN 2022

Abstract

ABSTRACT

 Hypertension is a disease that is classified as a silent killer or a disease that can kill humans unexpectedly. Hypertension is also a disease that is often found in the community, visually, this disease does not look terrible, but it can make sufferers threatened with life or at least decrease quality of life. Treatment of hypertension can be done by consuming star fruit regularly so that it can reduce blood pressure. This study aims to determine the effect of star fruit juice on the reduction of high blood pressure in patients with hypertension in the old deli health center, old deli district old deli district in 2020. The design of this study was carried out for one week with a gift every two days. The design of this study used a Quasy Experiment using One group pretest-post village test for 15 respondents selected using the purposive sampling method. Data collection techniques were filled with observations. The statistical test used is a paired T-test. Paired T-test results obtained p value 0.04 then Ha is accepted. The conclusions of the results of this study are the effect of giving star fruit juice (averrhoe carambola linn) on the reduction of blood pressure in patients with hypertension in the old deli health center, deli old deli, Deli Serdang district in 2020. Researcher's suggestion is that the content of starfruit has many benefits for body health.

Keywords: starfruit juice, blood pressure in people with hypertension