ABSTRACT

Background: Hypertension is the increase of blood pressure >140/90 mm Hg. Hypertension can cause a stroke or heart failure that puts hypertension as the second biggest cause of death in Indonesia. Its serious complication demands the right treatment. Non-pharmacological treatment using cucumber can be one of the alternatives for hypertension treatment. This is because cucumber is an adequate diuresis.

Aim: The research is to know the effect of cucumber juice treatment in decreasing systolic and diastolic blood pressure of essential hypertension patients of the elderly in PSTW Budi Luhur Yogyakarta.

Method: This is a quasi-experiment study with a time-series design. The study subjects were the clients in Budi Luhur Elderly Home Care of Yogyakarta who suffered essential hypertension as many as ten patients using saturated sampling.

Results: The result of the analysis using the Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test showed the value of asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) 0,013 of systolic blood pressure and 0,000 of diastolic blood pressure with α = 0,025.

Conclusion: The cucumber juice treatment decreases the systolic and diastolic blood pressure in essential hypertension elderly patients. More samples, controlling units, and better technology are suggested to get better results for further research.

Keywords: Essential Hypertension, Systolic blood pressure, Diastolic blood pressure, Elderly