Decreasing in blood pressure with music therapy (vivaldi-the four season) in elderly patients with hypertension in PSTW Glenmore Banyuwangi

The elderly is a vulnerable age group having health problems. The addition
of age causes the function and structure of organs, especially the
cardiovascular system and blood vessels, the condition contributes to the
trigger occurs an increase in blood pressure. Prevention and management of
hypertension can be done by pharmacological and non-pharmacological
methods. The non-pharmacological method that can be intervened is classical
music. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of music
therapy on reducing blood pressure in hypertensive elderly. This type of
research design uses a pre-experimental design with one group pre-test-post
test design approach. Samples were taken using a total sampling technique
of 53 elderly people living in the Banyuwangi Tresna Werdha Social Home.
Analysis of data using the Wilcoxon test with a value of p <0.05. Wilcoxon
analysis test results obtained p or (Asymp. Sig. (2-tailed) = 0,000, p <0.05.
These results research showed there was a difference before and after given
classical music therapy in elderly patients with hypertension. Then it can be
concluded that the delivery of music therapy in patients with hypertension
will help in lowering blood pressure so that music therapy (Vivaldi-the four�season) becomes a non-pharmacological solution both in service and self�handling.