Terapi Emotional Freedom Technique(EFT) terhadap Tekanan Darah pada Lansia Penderita Hipertensi di Desa Pulau Tinggi

Elmalia, Saputri and Safitri, Yenny and juwita, Dewi sulastri (2024) Terapi Emotional Freedom Technique(EFT) terhadap Tekanan Darah pada Lansia Penderita Hipertensi di Desa Pulau Tinggi. Other thesis, Universitas Pahlawan Tuanku Tambusai.

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Abstract

Blood pressure in the elderly is categorized as high if systolic blood pressure is ≥160 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure is ≥90 mmHg. Hypertension can be treated non-pharmacologically one of which isEmotional Freedom Technique (EFT). EFT is therapy is a psychological therapy through tapping on the body's meridian points to treat high blood pressure, anxiety, panic, fear, mild depression, and physiological signs of emotional origin such as physical pain, headaches. This study aims to analyze the intervention of providing EFT therapy on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension in Pulau Tinggi Village, Air Tiris Health Center UPT Working Area. This research was carried out on 15-17 July 2024, at the beginning of the assessment the blood pressure results were 187/95 mmHg, and after administering EFT therapy for 3 consecutive days the blood pressure results were 154/91 mmHg. This shows that giving EFT therapy has an effect on blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension. It is hoped that EFT therapy can become one of the nursing actions aimed at overcoming the nursing problem of lowering blood pressure in hypertension sufferers

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