The aging process can lead to various health problems in the elderly, including anxiety and sleep disturbances. Adjustment to emotional changes, quantity and quality of sleep becomes a problem if you don't get efficient and proper treatment. This study evaluates the effect of cinnamon (Cinnamomum burmannii)aromatherapy on the anxiety status and sleep quality of the elderly. Pre-experimental study with "One Group Pretest-Posttest design without control". Elderly population (n = 20) who experience sleep quality and anxiety disorders in the city of Surabaya. Census sampling, namely all samples are members of the population. Geriatic Anxiety Inventory Questionnaire and Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index as measuring tools. Statistical test for differences in the dependent variable using the Wilcoxon signed ranks test for the elderly's anxiety scale after being given an intervention showed that the value of the anxiety scale was p-value = 0.000; the value of sleep quality p value = 0.000 so that there is a difference in the scale of anxiety and sleep quality before and after the Cinnamon aromatherapy intervention. Cinnamon aromatherapy (Cinnamomum burmannii) has an effect on the anxiety scale and sleep quality of the elderly, so it can be used as an alternative therapy that helps reduce anxiety scale and achieve a good quality of life. Keywords : Cinnamon Aromatherapy, Anxiety Scale, Sleep Quality, Elderly
Lansia sering mengalami hipertensi karena beberapa faktor antara lain pola makan dan sistem pembuluh darah dan jantung yang mengalami proses penuaan. Pemberian seduhan rosella terbukti secara klinis mengurangi jumlah plak yang menempel pada pembuluh darah dan berpotensi menurunkan tekanan darah pada lansia dengan hipertensi. Tujuan pengabdian ini untuk meningkatkan pemahaman masyarakat tentang bunga rosella dan menurunkan tekanan darah pada lansia dengan hipertensi. Metode yang digunakan service learning dengan cara pendampingan dan pemberian edukasi kesehatan secara berkelompok dengan tetap menjaga protokol kesehatan karena edukasi dilakukan di masa pandemi. Materi edukasi tentang penanaman dan pengolahan bunga rosella menjadi seduhan air minum untuk menurunkan tekanan darah kepada warga jalan Pacar Keling di wilayah RW 10 Kelurahan Pacar Keling Kecamatan Tambak Sari Surabaya. Hasil evaluasi menunjukkan peningkatan pemahaman warga, pre-tes hampir seluruhnya kurang memahami sebanyak 6 orang (54,5%) dan post-tes keseluruhan warga pemahaman baik (100%). Hasil pengukuran tekanan darah pada lansia dengan hipertensi, pre-tes menunjukkan sebagian besar hipertensi derajat 2 sebanyak 7 orang (63,6%) dan post-tes sebagian besar hipertensi derajat 1 sebanyak 8 orang (72,7%) dan tidak ada yang mengalami hipertensi derajat 3. Pendampingan dan pemberian edukasi sangat bermanfaat dalam meningkatkan pemahaman warga tentang penanaman dan pengolahan bunga rosella menjadi air seduh minuman lansia dengan hipertensi sehingga dapat menurunkan tingkat tekanan darah lansia secara non farmakologis.
Hypertension is an increase in blood pressure > 140/90 mmHg is the result obtained with two measurements. Hypertension can be prevented and controlled with non-medical and medical treatment, non-medical treatment including maintaining weight, regulating diet, avoiding alcoholic beverages and cigarettes and steeping rosella flowers. This study aims to see the difference in blood pressure in the control and intervention groups after giving Rosella flower water steeping. The method used is a quasi-experimental pre-post test with a control group of 36 respondents, using a purposive sampling technique to determine the sample, with the intervention group (given rosella flower steeping) totaling 18 respondents and the control group totaling 18 respondents. The data obtained were carried out by the Wilcoxon and Mann Whitney U statistical tests. Data analysis using the Wilcoxon statistical tests in the intervention and control groups showed sig 2 tailed = 0.000 and 0.248 and the Mann Whitney U statistical test showed 0.000 meaning that there was a difference in blood pressure in the control and intervention group respondents. after giving rosella flower steeping. Steeping rosella flowers can be used as an alternative non-drug therapy to control blood pressure in patients with hypertension. Keywords: Rosella Flower Stew, Blood Pressure, Hypertension
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