Frengki Apryanto (2014) Pengaruh Latihan Tehnik Slow Breating Exercises Terhadap Penurunan Tekanan Darah Pada Pasien Hipertensi Esensial. Thesis thesis, Universitas Airlangga.

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Abstract

Hypertension often be called as silent killer, because included as deadly disease, without symptoms as the warning to the victims. The Diseases Integrated Surveillance of Puskesmas in East Java in 2010, some areas in East Java that contribute the hypertension mostly the Malang regency of 31.789 persons. The research aimed at studying the differences of blood pressure before and after slow breathing exercises at the essential hypertension patients. The research method was pre experimental of one group pre test - post test with dependent variable of blood pressure and the independent variable was the slow breathing exercises technique. The sampling technique is purposive sampling with 98 respondents who were examined at the poly clinic of Islamic Hospital Malang suitable with the inclusion criteria. The patients were given slow breathing exercises technique by regulating the chest and stomach breathing by take a breath from nose, and exhale slowly from mouth 6-10 times per minute for 15 minutes 2x per day. (morning and afternoon) for 30 days in succession. The analysis results by paired sample t test known that from 98 respondents before given slow breathing exercises have blood pressure of 153.63/96.47 mmHg, after given slow breathing exercises haves 145.16/88.5 mmHg_ The conclusion of the research is the blood pressure mean after given slow breathing exercises experience decrease compared with before the exercises. It means there is influence of slow breathing exercises to the decrease of blood pressure of the essential hypertension patients. The slow breathing exercises technique should be applied to health services institution as the complementary therapy for medical therapy.

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