Jogging Effect on Blood Pressure in Hypertension Elderly with Normal Nutrition Status and Obesity

The prevalence of hypertension in the elderly in Central Java is higher than in Indonesia. This research aimed to analyze the effect of jogging on blood pressure in elderly hypertension with normal nutritional status. The research design was quasi-experimental, with blood pressure measurements carried out before treatment and after treatment. Treatment in the form of jogging. The population was an elderly hypertensive community at Mulyoharjo Community Health Center with 32 people. The sample was determined by purposive sampling technique, which was divided into hypertensive groups with normal nutritional status and obesity hypertension group. The free variable is jogging, and the dependent variable is blood pressure. Data were analyzed by Friedman test. Jogging exercise produced a significant difference in systolic and diastolic blood pressure, both in the obese hypertension group and in the normal nutritional status group, with a p value of 0,000. Although the effect is more clearly seen in the group of patients with hypertension with obesity. Or it can be said that jogging performed by obese elderly people is more effective in decreasing blood pressure than the elderly with normal nutritional status. Keywords—jogging, hypertension, obesity