Pengaruh Terapi Tertawa Terhadap Penurunan Tekanan Darah Pada Lansia Di Panti Jompo KNDJH Malang

Background: Elderly is the final stage of the aging process which can result in physiological decline that causes high blood pressure. Method: This research design uses a Quasi Experimental with a two group pretest design with a sample of 13 respondents for the intervention group and 13 respondents for the control group and in each group there are elderly men and women. The sampling technique is in accordance with the inclusion criteria. The instruments used in this research were laughter therapy SOPs, blood pressure measurement tools and observation sheets. The statistical test used in this research is the Wilcoxon test. The collected data was analyzed using SPSS V.25. Results: The average pretest systolic blood pressure value was 157.08 mmHg and diastolic 90.23 mmHg, while the posttest systolic was 131.44 and diastolic 79.86. After carrying out the Wilcoxon test, the results of the intervention group showed that systolic blood pressure showed asymp.sig.tailed 0.001 (p<0.05) and diastolic blood pressure showed asymp.sig.tailed 0.001 (p<0.05). Conclusion: It can be concluded that there is an effect of laughter therapy on reducing blood pressure in elderly people with high blood pressure.