Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise Technique on Blood Pressure in Hypertension Patients in the Working Area of the Rejosari Public Health Center
Silvia Nora Anggreini and Vivi Andrianti*
ABSTRACT
Hypertension is a disease caused by an increase in systolic blood pressure of 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure ≥ 90 mmHg which is carried out
in 2 measurements with a time difference of minutes in resting conditions (Ministry of Health of the Republic of Indonesia, 2019). One of the non
pharmacological therapies that can be done to help reduce and control blood pressure is exercise. Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise is a therapeutic
exercise that can affect blood pressure, namely when one nostril dominates, the contralateral hemisphere will be activated. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise on hypertension patients at the Rejosari Community Health Center. This research method is Quantitative Pre-Experiment using a One-group Pretest-Posttest design with a statistical t-test (related) to compare blood pressure before and after the exercise. Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise. The sampling technique in this study used Purposive Sampling with a total of 30 respondents. The study was conducted using observation sheets and data were collected through pre-test blood pressure measurements of the ANBE intervention. The results of this study showed that the p-value = 0.000 <0.05, so it can be concluded that Ha is accepted. Suggestions from this study are expected to provide information related to Alternate Nostril Breathing Exercise which can be a non-pharmacological therapy for hypertension.
