Effectiveness of consuming celery leaf juice in reducing high blood pressure in elderly
1 Helvetia Pekanbaru Health Institute, Pekanbaru 28294, Indonesia.
2 Indragiri Institut Of Technology and Business, Rengat , Indonesia.
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 21(03), 146–149
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2024.21.3.0711
Publication history:
Received on 21 January 2024; revised on 27 February 2024; accepted on 29 February 2024
Abstract:
Celery is an annual plant in the form of a bush or grass. In everyday life celery is usually used as a complement to food. Hypertension is also a cause of death with a figure of 23.7% of the total 1.7 million deaths in Indonesia in 2016. One of the non-pharmacological measures that can be taken to lower blood pressure in people with high blood pressure is celery leaf juice. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of consuming celery leaf juice in reducing high blood pressure in the elderly at the Rejosari Health Center, Pekanbaru City. This type of research is quasi-experimental with a one group pretest posttest design. The population of 3,546 people affected by high blood pressure at the Rejosari Health Center in Pekanbaru City in 2021 with a sampling technique using purposive sampling with a total of 12 samples. The instrument used is the observation sheet. Univariate and bivariate data analysis, data processing using the dependent t test. The results showed that there was an effectiveness of consuming celery leaf juice in reducing high blood pressure in the elderly, the dependent t test value was p value 0.039 so that the p value was 0.05 then H0 was rejected, which means there was effectiveness in consuming Celery leaf juice as a non-pharmacological therapy in reducing high blood pressure in the elderly. Based on the results of this study it is expected to be able to consume celery leaf juice regularly and maintain a diet to help reduce or control blood pressure.
Keywords:
Effectiveness; Celery Leaves; Elderly; High Blood Pressure
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