The 4th International Conference on Nursing

Author :

(1) Eky Madyaning Nastiti

Affiliation :

Master of Nursing, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang, Indonesia

Abstract :

Introduction Hypertension commonly known as cardiovascular disease, especially in elderly. More than half of deaths over 60 years are caused by heart disease and cerebrovascular disease. Hypertensive management of the elderly is essential for reducing blood pressure with pharmacological or nonpharmacological therapy, but Pharmacological therapy have more side effect. One of the non-pharmacological therapy has been developed including music therapy. This study was to examine the effect of music therapy on reducing blood pressure among elderly with hypertention. Methods The study used a one grup pretest to posttest pre-experimental design and data were collected by direct blood pressure measurement. Thirty seven respondents were obtained using simple random sampling technique.The respondents were treated by classical music therapy with 3 songs from Mozart. The treatment was applied in one session with duration of 30 minutes. Results Among 37 elderly people with hypertension, blood pressure was measured for pretest and post-test. It took three times measurements and then the mean was calculated. The music therapy was provided after the pretest. Post test data after the therapy obtained that 13 people (35.1%) had constant blood pressure while the remaining 24 people (64.9%) experienced a significant decrease. The data was analysed using Mc Nemar test with confidence level 95% and based on the result of p value = 0,003<0,05. Conclution There was a significant correlation between musid therapy and reducing blood presure among elderly with hypertension.

Keywords :

Music Therapy; Blood Pressure; Elderly