Intervention Using Rose Aromatherapy To Lowering Blood Pressure Of Elderly With Hypertension

The elderly is not a diseases but a natural process. Humans will slowly decrease in function, including cardiovascular function that can cause hypertension. Hypertension often being called as a silent killer because people with hypertension for years did not feel any symptomps. Rose aromatherapy is thought to be one of the complementary therapies that lowering hypertension. This study aims to determine the effect of rose aromatherapy on lowering blood pressure of elderly with hypertension at Batujajar Comunity of Health Center. The method used quasy-experiment with one group pre-test post-test with control. The corresponding respondent was devided into two groups, intervension group (n=15) and control group (n=15). The result is the mean value of intervention group before intervention is 4,47 with deviation standard 0,516. After intervension, the result is 3,87 with deviation standard 0,743. The data is normally distributed, so the statistic test which used is T-test correlation with the p value score < a (0,05). The conclusion of this research there is a difference in blood pressure of elderly significantly after the intervention of rose aromatherapy. Aromatherapy roses can be recommended as one of the complementary therapies in providing nursing care to the elderly with hypertension..

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