Background/Objective: Hypertension is still a public health problem both in the world and in Indonesia. Even though women with hypertension are already taking antihypertensive drugs, often blood pressure remains high. Women are more likely to be stressed, and stress increases hypertension. The study aimed to analyze the use of progressive muscle relaxation with classical music on stress and blood pressure in hypertensive women.Methods: This study used a quasi-experimental design with a control group. There were three groups of hypertensive women who took anti-hypertensive drugs, consisting of those who received progressive muscle relaxation with classical music, accepted progressive muscle relaxation without classical music, and did not get treatment, each of which totaled 36 participants. The activity was carried out from July to October 2020. The stress instrument used was the Cohen’s Perceived Stress Scale, while blood pressure was measured with the OMRON digital tensimeter.Results: The group that received progressive muscle relaxation with classical music from Bach described high significance for stress (p = .0001), systolic (p = .0001), diastolic (p = .0001). The group that received progressive muscle relaxation alone also showed high significance for stress (p = .010), systolic (p = .003), diastolic (p = .006). While the untreated group showed significance for systolic (p = .013), but did not show significance for stress (p = .758), diastolic (p = .123). The use of ANOVA showed a significant difference in the effect of the three intervention on stress (p = .005), systolic blood pressure (p = .009), but did not have a significant effect on diastolic blood pressure (p = .500).Conclusions: Progressive muscle relaxation with classical music and antihypertensive drugs provides a greater chance of controlling stress, lowering systolic and diastolic blood pressure than just progressive muscle relaxation and antihypertensive drugs or antihypertensive drugs alone in women with hypertension.

Kreativitas merupakan potensi penting untuk dikembangkan sejak usia dini untuk mengembangkan potensinya. Permainan mencipta bentuk geometri dapat menstimulasi perkembangan kreativitas dan imajinasi anak. Tujuan dari pengabdian masyarakat ini adalah untuk meningkatkan kreativitas anak melalui pelaksanaan bermain mencipta dari bentuk geometri di TK Negeri Pembina Pancur Batu Kabupaten Deli Serdang Tahun 2017. Metode yang digunakan adalah kegiatan bermain mencipta dari bentuk geometri dari bahan kertas asturo warna-warni yang ditempelkan menggunakan lem kastol pada spons. Anak diminta untuk membuat bentuk sesuai keinginannya, kemudian diberikan simulasi atau contoh cara membuat bentuk dari bentuk geometri selanjutnya anak diminta mencipta bentuk sesuai dengan contoh ataupun membuat berbagai bentuk sesuai yang diinginkannya. Penilaian pre tes dan post tes dilakukan menggunakan lembar observasi, wawancara menggunakan panduan wawancara yang berisi 6 pertanyaan.  Sasaran adalah anak usia 4 – 6 tahun merupakan murid-murid di TK Negeri Pembina, Pancur Batu Kabupaten Deli Serdang berjumlah 68 orang anak. Hasil penilaian pre test mayoritas anak kurang kreatif sebanyak 64 anak (94%), penilaian post test menunjukkan kreatifitas anak pada tingkat kurang kreatif sebanyak 28 anak (41%), kreatif sebanyak 22 anak (32%) dan sangat kreatif sebanyak 18 anak (27%). Ada peningkatan kreatifitas anak setelah diberikan kegiatan bermain mencipta dari bentuk geometri.

ABSTRAKWilayah kerja Puskesmas Sei Semayang berada di Desa Sei Semayang merupakan bagian dari Kecamatan Sunggal. Di wilayah ini, memiliki berbagai masalah kesehatan, dimana hipertensi merupakan peringkat kedua dari 10 penyakit terbanyak pada tahun 2020 dan ada peningkatan kejadian hipertensi dari tahun 2019 ke tahun 2020. Pasien hipertensi meskipun sudah mendapatkan obat antihipertensi, namun ada yang masih tinggi tekanan darahnya, dan ada yang mengalami ketegangan dalam kehidupan sehari-hari. Pengabdian kepada masyarakat melalui program kemitraan masyarakat dikemas dalam bentuk pelatihan edukasi upaya pengendalian tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi, dan latihan relaksasi otot progresif dengan musik klasik memberi kesempatan dalam pengendalian stress dan tekanan darah. Sasaran adalah pasien hipertensi sebanyak 36 peserta yang dibagi dalam 2 kelompok. Setiap 1 hari pelatihan melakukan intervensi pada 1 kelompok. Kegiatan dilaksanakan di Aula Puskesmas Sei Semayang. Intervensi dilakukan dengan metode ceramah, tanya jawab, latihan relaksasi otot progresif dengan musik klasik melalui demonstrasi dan redemonstrasi. Instrumen pengetahuan menggunakan kuesioner, stress menggunakan kuesioner Subjective Units of Distress Scale (SUDS), dan tekanan darah menggunakan tensimeter digital merk OMRON. Kegiatan pre test, edukasi, post test dilakukan pada hari yang sama, dan dilakukan pada bulan September 2021. Hasil intervensi memperlihatkan peningkatan skor pengetahuan sebesar 25%, penurunan stress sebesar 48,5% dan penurunan sistolik sebesar 7,44 mmHg serta diastolik sebesar 2,08 mmHg. Edukasi upaya mengendalikan tekanan darah pada pasien hipertensi dan latihan relaksasi otot progresif dengan musik klasik ini memberi peluang dalam mengendalikan stress, tekanan darah dan meningkatkan pengetahuan.

Background: Quality of life in patients with diabetes mellitus still tends to be low. This is caused by low self-efficacy and self-management and is followed by a condition that connects the two variables in the form of stress. Therefore, there is a need for efficacy and self-management training in patients with diabetes mellitus.Objective: The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of self-efficacy and diabetes self-management training on diabetes mellitus patients.Methods: This is a quasi-experimental study with a design without a control group; as many as 34 people with diabetes were included in the study. Stress and efficacy levels were measured before and after being given diabetes self-management and efficacy training. The Wilcoxon test analyzed data..Results: Before training, the average self-efficacy score was 44.21, while after training was 58.76, p<0.0001. The average stress score before training was 44.41; after training, it decreased to 30.29, p<0.0001.Conclusion:  Diabetes self-efficacy and self-management training increases efficacy and reduces stress in diabetes mellitus patients.

Community Health Center of  Sei Mencirim working area had various health problems, one of which was hypertension. There were 2 villages have many cases of hypertension, including Sei Beras Sekata and Sei Mencirim Village. Lifestyle interventions can reduce blood pressure and other interventions such as pharmacology. Lifestyle interventions include dietary behavior, weight management, regular physical exercise and, stress management through progressive muscle relaxation exercises. Participants  were 45 people with hypertension, divided into 2 groups consisting of 22 participants from Sei Beras Sekata  and 23 participants from Sei Mencirim Village. The team has given educational intervention about efforts to control blood pressure and progressive muscle relaxation exercises by explaining, asking questions, giving examples, and  inviting participants to do it. Measurement of knowledge used a questionnaire and, blood pressure used an Omron digital sphygmomanometer. Implementation activities included pre-test, intervention, and post-test were given on the same day. This activity was carried out in September 2020. The results of the intervention showed an increase in knowledge of 1.09, a decrease in systolic blood pressure of 9.42 mmHg and, a diastolic score of 4.64 mmHg. Education with progressive muscle relaxation exercises has increased knowledge scores, decreased systolic and diastolic blood pressure scores.