The Effectiveness of Deep Breathing Against Blood Pressure Reduction

Elderly is a process of disappearing in the ability of tissues to repair themselves or replace themselves and maintain their normal structure and function. The aims of this study was to find out the effectiveness of deep breathing against decreased blood pressure in the elderly who have hypertension. The study used one group pre-post test design. The sample used as many as 13 people. The study used Purposive Sampling techniques and the tool used to obtain the data. The study used a paired sample t-test with a significance value of α=0.05. The results of this study showed that there was an effect of deep breathing on the decrease in blood pressure in the elderly who had hypertension on day 1 pre and day 3 post with a value of p= 0.000<α = 0.05. There was effect of giving deep breathing to decrease blood pressure in elderly people who have hypertension on the 4th day of pre and day 6 post with a value of p= 0.000<α = 0.05. And there was an effect of giving deep breathing to the decrease in blood pressure in the elderly who have hypertension on day 7 pre and day 9 post with a value of p=0.000