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Lansia menjadi kelompok dengan resiko tinggi penyakit hipertensi. Begitu pula dengan lansia di UPTD Puskesmas Tanjung Pati dimana pada tahun 2022 tercatat sebanyak 351 orang lansia menderita hipertensi. Salah satu terapi komplementer yang dapat digunakan pada penderita hipertensi adalah Swedish Massage. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengetahui pengaruh Swedish Massage terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pada lansia dengan hipertensi di UPTD Puskesmas Tanjung Pati Kabupaten Lima Puluh Kota. Jenis penelitian Quasi Experiment dengan one group pre test post test design yang dilakukan pada bulan Oktober 2023 dengan populasi seluruh lansia hipertensi di UPTD Puskesmas Tanjung Pati yaitu sebanyak 351 jiwa. Pengambilan sampel menggunakan teknik purposive sampling 20 responden. Pengumpulan data menggunakan lembar observasi. Analisa data meliputi analisis univariat dan analisis bivariate menggunakan uji paired t-test dan wilcoxon. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan terdapat perbedaan rata-rata tekanan darah responden sebelum (151,6/92,9 mmHg) dengan sesudah (143,1/87,6 mmHg) terjadi penurunan rata-rata tekanan darah dengan beda rata-rata 8,5/5,2 mmHg dan nilai p = 0,000/0,000. Disimpulkan bahwa Swedish Massage berpengaruh signifikan terhadap penurunan tekanan darah pada lansia hipertensi. Maka dari itu diharapkan lansia hipertensi untuk melakukan Swedish Massage secara rutin sebagai upaya pengendalian tekanan darah.

The elderly are a group at high risk of hypertension. Likewise with the elderly at the Tanjung Pati Community Health Center UPTD, Limapuluh Kota Regency, where in 2022 there will be 351 elderly people suffering from hypertension. One of the complementary therapies that can be used for hypertension sufferers is Swedish Massage. This study aims to determine the effect of Swedish Massage on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with hypertension at the UPTD Tanjung Pati Health Center, Limapuluh Kota Regency. This type of research is a Quasi Experiment with a one group pre test post test design which was carried out in October 2023 with a population of all hypertensive elderly people at the Tanjung Pati Community Health Center UPTD, Limapuluh Kota Regency, namely 351 people. Sampling used purposive sampling technique with a sample of 20 respondents. Data collection uses observation sheets. Data analysis includes univariate analysis and bivariate analysis using the paired t test and Wilcoxon test. The results of the study showed that there was a difference in the average blood pressure of respondents between before (151.6/92.9 mmHg) and after (143.1/87.6 mmHg) where there was a decrease in the average blood pressure with an average difference of 8. 5/5.2 mmHg and p value = 0.000/0.000. It was concluded that Swedish Massage had a significant effect on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive elderly. Therefore, it is hoped that hypertensive elderly people will do Swedish Massage regularly as an effort to control blood pressure.