Authors: Abdillah Fatkhul Wahab1 , Nursalam2, Oedojo Soedirham3
1Student in the Faculty of Public Health, Graduate University of Airlangga
2Lecturer in the Faculty of Nursing University of Airlangga
3Lecturer in the Faculty of Public Health, University of Airlangga
Abstract
The aging process is susceptible to the occurrence of hypertension. Based on Central Bureau Of Statistics in 2005 in Indonesia it is estimated that there are 33 million elderly people by 2020. The ECA program from the National Institute of Mental Health found that the prevalence of one-month hypertension disorders in people aged 65 years and over 5.5%. The impact of hypertension can cause physiological, behavioral, cognitive and affective responses. Handling of Hypertension in the elderly can be done in various ways, either pharmacologically or non-pharmacologically. Laughing humor therapy is one of the non-pharmacological therapies that can reduce the level of primary hypertension. This study aims to identify the effect of laughing therapy on decreasing blood pressure in the elderly. The design of this study used Quasy experimental research with a one-group pre-post test design using cross sectional approach. The population in this study is 15 respondents, so the sampling used is total sampling. Hypertension score analysis results in 15 respondents in this study there was a decrease in the average hypertension score from before being given humor laugh therapy 31.26 to 21.86. After doing bivariate analysis with paired t-test test, the t count was 11,174> t table 2.145 and p value 0.000 (<0.05), so Ho is rejected which means that there is a change in elderly hypertension after being given laughing humor therapy at the Jember Integrated Development Post.
Keywords: Elderly, Hypertension, Humor Therapy Laugh