PERBEDAAN TEKANAN DARAH SEBELUM DAN SETELAH TERAPI HUMOR DI KELURAHAN MERSI PURWOKERTO
ABSTRACT: Uncontrolled
hypertension can lead to heart disease, kidney failure and stroke. Various
complementary therapies developed to reduce high blood pressure. Joke therapy
can cause a relaxation response and lowers blood pressure. The purpose ofthis
study was to identify the impact of joke therapy on blood pressure. This study
used the research design of One Group Pretest-Posttest Design. Theamount of
samples of this study were 20 patients with hypertension in Mersi. Thesampling
technique used purposive sampling. The results of the study showed a
significant differences of the blood pressure before and after joke therapy
humor therapy (p value sistolic = 0,000 dan p value diastolic = 0,004)
Keyword: joke therapy, blood
pressure, hypertension
Penulis: Dwi Novitasari, Sidik
Awaludin
Kode Jurnal: jpkebidanandd160237
