APPLICATION OF RESPIRATORY MEDITATION ON REDUCING BLOOD PRESSURE IN HYPERTENSION PATIENTS IN THE WORKING AREA OF SIMPANG IV SIPIN HEALTH CENTER, JAMBI CITY

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Hypertension is a non-communicable disease known as The Silent Killer because hypertension sufferers basically do not know that they are experiencing hypertension because there are no accompanying symptoms. The prevalence of hypertension in Indonesia based on 2018 Riskesdas data was 25.6% and increased to 34.1% with a total of 63,309,620 cases, while the death rate in Indonesia was 427,218. The aim of this research is to find out the effect of meditation on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive patients. This type of research uses quantitative research with a quasi-experimental design with a one group pre test and post test design method. Conducted on 18 hypertensive respondents 3 times a week for 4 weeks measured by counting systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Data analysis used the Wilcoxon test with a confidence level of p < 0.05. The results of the study showed that the average blood pressure in hypertension sufferers before being given meditation therapy was 155/98. The average blood pressure in hypertension sufferers after being given meditation therapy was 137/89 mmHg with a decrease of 18 mmHg (diastolic) with a percentage of 28% and 9 mmHg (systolic) with a percentage of 8.8%. The conclusion of this study is that there is a significant effect on reducing blood pressure before and after breathing meditation therapy in hypertension sufferers.