Foot soak therapy with warm ginger for families with elderly hypertension

Abstract

One of the primary factors that most affects the development of cardiovascular disease is hypertension. According to the Framingham Heart Study, hypertension is now more common than it was in the past. There are 757 patients with hypertension in the Astambul Health Center's service area in the Banjar Regency as of 2021. The aim of the community service conducted in Astambul District families with geriatric hypertension is to reduce blood pressure by giving the patients' foot soak therapy with warm ginger. The community service method is carried out by carrying out the preliminary stages, the implementation—which includes counseling, blood pressure measurements, demonstrations and evaluation. The family and the elderly enthusiastically participating in soaking feet in warm red ginger water is proof that the activities were carried out well in accordance with the program design that had been created. Additionally, following the intervention, the systolic blood pressure dropped by 0.4 mmHg. The participants reported experiencing at ease and relaxed after soaking their feet in warm red ginger water, which reduced tension in their body muscles.

Manajemen Diet DASH Melalui Pemanfaatan Labu Siam Sebagai Cemilan Sehat Bagi Lansia Hipertensi

“…Hipertensi merupakan salah satu masalah yang sering dihadapi oleh lansia, dimana pada usia lansia terjadi penurunan berbagai fungsi organ tubuh termasuk pada sistem kardiovaskuler (Hidayat et al, 2022;Nurannisa et al, 2022). Hampir satu miliar orang di dunia menderita hipertensi dan dua pertiganya terjadi di negara berkembang.…”

“…Indonesia menjadi slaah satu negara yang memiliki angka hipertensi sebesar 25,8% (Alhawassi et al, 2015;Mitra & Wulandari, 2019). Data Riskesdas pada tahun 2018 menunjukkan Provinsi Kalimantan Selatan menempati angka kejadian hipertensi tertinggi yaitu sebesar 44%, dimana salah satu wilayah yang memiliki angka hipertensi terbanyak yaitu Kabupaten Banjar (Hidayat et al, 2022;Riskesdas, 2018).…”