Effectiveness of Foot Soak Therapy with Warm Water on Decreasing Blood Pressure in Patients with Stage One Hypertension, Indonesia Masriadi1,*, Eha Sumantri2 1Associate Professor, Institute of Health Science Tamalatea, Makassar, Indonesia 2Lecturer, Institute of Health Science Tamalatea, Makassar, Indonesia *Corresponding author: Masriadi, E-mail: arimasriadi@gmail.com
Online published on 17 July, 2019. Abstract Background Hypertension is one factor causing stroke and heart attack. Hypertension is often called the silent killer. In addition to pharmacological therapy, the management of hypertension can also be done through non-pharmacological therapy. One of them soak foot therapy with warm water that was useful for widening blood vessels and accelerate blood circulation. The purpose of analyzing the effectiveness of foot soak with warm water to decreasing blood pressure in patients with stage one hypertension at Banua Sendana village Sendana district Majene regency. Material and Method The type of study was quasi experimental with a nonequivalent control group design. The samples in this study were 44 people with 21 experimental group and 21 control group. This study was conducted on July 4st-Sep 5th, 2018. The sampling technique used purposive sampling. The statistical test used is the test of Wilxocon and Kruskal Wallis. Results The results showed that foot soak therapy experimental group 1 and 2 times a week systolic value p-value 0.018 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.017 <0.05, Foot Soak therapy group 3 times a week systolic p-value 0.017 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.008 <0.05. Prolanis exercise group 3 times week systolic p-value 0.005 <0.05 diastolic p-value 0.012. Conclusion Foot soak therapy with warm water at 3 times a day more effectively on decreasing blood pressure. Therefore, it needs to be applied in every health service, especially in health centers so that it can help health workers to reduce the incidence of hypertension. Top Keywords Foot Soak, Therapy, Warm Water, Hypertension, Blood Pressure. Top |