Effectiveness of prolanis gymnastics on decreasing blood pressure in patients with stage one hypertension, Indonesia

Hypertension is one of the degenerative diseases commonly found in Indoensia. It is characterized by an increase of blood pressure above its normal level and is caused by various factors. One of the government programs of Prolanis gymnastics (Chronic Disease Management Program) is a form of aerobic physical exercise. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Prolanis exercise in lowering blood pressure in patients with hypertension after intervention. The effectiveness of the intervention can be known by looking at the results of pre post-test blood pressure of hypertensive patients.

The type of research is quasi experimental with nonequivalent control group design. Sample in this research is first stage hypertension patient that is 60 people consisting of 3 experiment group and 3 control group. Each experimental group consisted of 10 people who were given 1, 2 and 3 times a week gymnastics interventions. The control group also consisted of 10 people who did not receive the intervention. The control group also comprised 30 people who did not receive the intervention. The statistical test used is the test of Wilxocon and Kruskal Wallis.

The results showed that Prolanis gymnastics experimental group 1 times a week systolic value p-value 0.005 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.005 <0.05, Prolanis gymnastic group 2 times a week systolic p-value 0.005 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.005 <0.05, Prolanis exercise group 3 times week systolic p-value 0.005 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.012 <0.05.

The conclusions from the results of the study is the intervention with 1 to 2 times the proline in a week more effectively to lower blood pressure in people with hypertension. It is therefore recommended for patients with stage 1 hypertension to always perform physical activities such as proline exercises.