The Effect of Cucumber Juice (Cucumis Sativus) Toward Hypertension of Elderly at Tresna Werdha Budi Sejahtera Social Institution of Banjarbaru South Borneo 2017
Abstract
<p align="center"><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong><strong><em></em></strong></p><p><strong><em>Introduction: </em></strong><em>Hypertension is a degenerative disease that becomes a major problem in society, especially elderly. Hypertension<strong></strong>causes complications of cerebral hemorrhage, heart failure, kidney failure, and </em><em>blindness</em><em> due to rupture of blood vessels.</em></p><p><strong><em>Objective: </em></strong><em>Analyze the effect of cucumber juice on blood pressure in elderly with hypertension at Tresna Werdha Budi<strong> </strong>Sejahtera Social Institution of Banjarbaru South Borneo 2017.</em></p><p><strong><em>Method: </em></strong><em>Quasi experiments with Ones group pre-post test design. Total of samples are 35 people taken using purposive<strong> </strong>sampling technique. Normality test using Shapiro-wilk and statistical analyze using Paired t-test. 200g of cucumber juice mix on 100 ml water, </em><em>drink twice a day during morning and afternoon</em><em></em></p><p><strong><em>Result: </em></strong><em>Systolic blood pressure decreased after cucumber juice therapy with 149,68 mmHg to 136.65 mmHg and p value 0.00 (p<0.05) and diatolic blood pressure decreased after cucumber juice therapy with 95.99 mmHg to 80.09 mmHg and p value p-=0,000</em><strong><em>. </em></strong><em>Diastolic blood pressure after giving cucumber juice was 89,08 mmHg (± 3,355 mmHg), lower than diastolic blood pressure before giving cucumber juice which is 95,88 mmHg (± 3,332 mmHg). </em></p><strong><em>Conclusion: </em></strong><em>Cucumber juice can lower blood pressure in elderly hypertension patients.</em>