Abstract

PENGARUH TERAPI REFLEKSI KAKI TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAHSISTOLIK PADA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI PRIMER DI DESANGADIROJO KECAMATAN SECANG KABUPATEN MAGELANGLiota Marsha Renardiyarto1, Dwi Ari Murti Widigdo2, Tulus Puji Hastuti21,2 Keperawatan Poltekkes Kemenkes SemarangEmail: liorenardiyarto@gmail.comABSTRACTBackground: Hypertension is a high blood pressure disorder which disrupt bloodflow resulting in blocking of oxygen and nutrition carried by blood to body tissue.One of non-pharmacologycal therapy is foot-reflexology therapy. This methodgives a relaxation effect that could make blood circulating better, decay theblocking in blood vessel, nourish muscles and nerves, and strenghten heartactivity.Objective: To determine the effect of foot reflextion therapy toward systolicblood pressure in primary hypertension patient at Ngadirojo, Secang, MagelangMethod: This study used pre-experiment of method with one group pre-test posttestdesign without control group. Simple random sampling technic was used toget 46 subject.Result: Wilcoxon Test result showed about different significant in this studybetween pre-post test foot reflextion therapy by p=0.000 (p