Open AccessRelationship between Sports Habits and Physical Activity to Blood Pressure in Hypertension Patients in Puskesmas Siliwangi
Author(s) -
Nina Sumarni,
Mamat Lukman,
Citra Windani Mambang Sari
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian community health nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2655-8629
pISSN - 2654-2900
DOI - 10.29253/achnr.2019.12019
Subject(s) - blood pressure , medicine , respondent , physical therapy , physical activity , population , physical exercise , environmental health , political science , law
Hypertension is a disease due to lifestyle. Sports and physical activity is one of the things that can affect hypertension. The aim of the study was to identify the relationship between exercise and physical activity against blood pressure in hypertensive patients in the Muara Sanding Village of Garut. This type of research is descriptive correlative with a population of all hypertension patients who active in Prolanis activities that held once a week in the Muara Sanding village, Garut. The sampling technique is total hypertension patients as much 51 respondent. The instrument used is a questionnaire about exercise and physical activity and assessment of blood pressure. The analysis used bivariate. Most respondents did moderate activities (67%), and a small number did less exercise (37%). There is a significant relationship between blood pressure and exercise (p-value = 0.02), but there is no significant relationship between blood pressure and physical activity (p-value = 0, 38). Suggestions from this study are nurses providing health education about the importance of exercise and improving exercise habits in hypertension patients.