Terapi Spiritual Emotional Freedom Technique (SEFT) Menurunkan Tekanan Darah Pasien Hipertensi di UPTD Puskesmas Cilembang Kota Tasikmalaya

Abstract

Hypertension is a condition in blood pressure in the blood vessels chronically elevated. This can happen because the heart work harder to pump blood to meet the body's need for oxygen and nutrients Hypertension prevalence in Indonesia continues to increase every year, so did the prevalence in the city of Tasikmalaya. Management of hypertension require a serious, because if it would not affect other body systems disorders. SEFT is a complementary therapy that can be used for the treatment of hypertension. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of therapy SEFT on blood pressure in hypertensive patients with a given treatment 1 and 3 times round SEFT in two different groups, and find out the effect of the number of rounds SEFT to high blood pressure in hypertensive patients. The research method using the quasy experimental pretest-posttest with control group approach, using purposive sampling technique sampling. The research sample consisted of 30 patients with hypertension aged more thanr 18 years, and are divided into two groups: the experimental group and the control group. The results showed that SEFT effect on reduce of blood pressure in hypertensive patients, but there was no significant difference between treatment 1 rotation with 3 rotations of the number of rotations. The results of this study can be used as a reference by both academics and practitioners to apply nursing SEFT therapy in reducing blood pressure in hypertensive patients, especially for independent nursing practitioners