Hypertension is a persistent increase in systolic blood pressure which is 140 mmHg or more and diastolic blood pressure is 90 mmHg or more based on the examination at least three times at different times. The progressive muscle relaxation technique is to focus on a muscle activity, by identifying the muscles that are tense and then reducing tension by doing relaxation techniques to get a feeling of relaxation. This study aims to determine the effect of progressive muscle relaxation techniques on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive patients at Imelda Hospital Medan. The study was conducted in July 2018, a type of quasi-experimental study with a cross-sectional one-group approach pre-post test design. The population in this study were patients suffering from hypertension in April to June in the inpatient room of the Medan Imelda Hospital. The population in this study was 126 people. The sampling technique in this study was accidental sampling, thus the number of samples in this study were 23 people. Statistical analysis used paired t-test. The results of the bivariate analysis showed the average value of the systole before was 160.61 while the average value of the systole after 156.57 and the value of p = 0.000
Journal of Nursing Priority is a nursing journal managed by the Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery of the University of Prima Indonesia, which is published twice in the discussion of research article spaces in the field of nursing such as surgical medical care, emergency nursing, maternity nursing, ...