PENGARUH TERAPI GENGGAM JARI TERHADAP TINGKAT TEKANAN DARAH PADA LANSIA RESIKO HIPERTENSI DI POSYANDU MERJOSARI

Background: Elderly is said to be the final phase of development from the human’s life cycle. Elderly is part of the growing process occurred naturally experienced by all human being. In general, the alteration in elderly is mainly to the decrease of mechanism and body functions, and one of them is the cardiovascular system where their blood vessel elasticity is reducing. Hypertension is a common condition in elderly where the systolic blood pressure is more than or equal to 140 mmHg, or where the diastolic blood pressure is more than or equal to 90 mmHg. This issue can be handled with relaxation method. The finger hand-held therapy is a simple therapy by clenching and closing both hands without any load holding to calm the body and soul by which giving relaxation effect through the energy. Research Method: This research is using pre-experimental with one group pre-test and post-test design. The population in this research is the elderly in Posyandu Lansia Bodroyono, Merjosari, Malang. The 24 respondents of sample have fulfilled the inclusive criteria. Result: The statistical analysis by using Wilcoxon test obtained p=0,000 (p