Pengaruh Pemberian Rebusan Daun Salam Dengan Pasien Hipertensi Pada Lansia Dipanti Boarding Care Noor Fatimah Kota Palembang Tahun 2025

Abstract

The World Health Organization (WHO) in 2023 showed that the number of people with hypertension globally reached 33%, meaning that 1 in 3 people suffer from hypertension. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of bay leaf decoction on elderly patients with hypertension at the Noor Fatimah Nursing Home in Palembang City in 2025. This study used a pre-experimental analytical design with a single-group pre-test and post-test approach. The sample consisted of all 15 elderly patients with hypertension at the Noor  Fatimah  Nursing Home in Palembang in 2025. Based on the Wilcoxon test results, the p-value for systolic blood pressure was 0.000 and the p-value for diastolic blood pressure was 0.000. If the value of a (<0.05), then Ho is rejected and Ha is accepted, indicating that the average before giving bay leaf decoction was152.66/90.66 mmhg. After consuming bay leaf decoction, blood pressure became 136.66/78.00 mmhg. From the statistical test results, it can be concluded that there is an effect of administering bay leaf decoction in lowering blood pressure in hypertensive patients.