PENGARUH PEMBERIAN MEDITASI TERHADAP PENURUNAN TEKANAN DARAH PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DI DESA SINDUMARTANI NGEMPLAK SLEMAN YOGYAKARTA

Abstract

ABSTRACT
 
Meditation is one method to reduce blood pressure in people with hypertension. According to Black & Hawks (2009), meditation is one of the complementary therapies that are included in the Mind-body Intervention classification. One of the meditation methods for reducing blood pressure is deep breathing techniques. Regular deep breathing meditation has been shown to contribute to reduce blood pressure. This study aims to determine the effect of meditation 15 to 20 minutes on blood pressure, for 6 weeks with a quasi-experiment postes only design in the meditation intervention group for 15-20 minutes, 2 times a week. Sampling method with random sample,  57 patients with hypertension. Data analysis by multiple linear regression. The result of the research after 6 weeks showed that there was a significant effect on the diastolic blood pressure (p = 0,0495 <0,05) and simultaneously with the age and gender variable had significant effect on systolic blood pressure (p = 0,19 <0.05). As for the effect on systolic blood pressure 19% and diastoik 22.8%. Meditation is significantly more effective at redude systolic and diastolic blood pressure, it is recommended that patients always meditation 2 times a week to be able to control their blood pressure.