Giving Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Beverage to Overcome Hypertension in Pregnant Women

Riris Sitorus, Diah Evawana Anuhgera, Dwi Handayani, Sriwulan, Ika Nur Saputri, Nikmah Jalilah Ritonga

2019

Abstract

Rosella flowers have been used as herbal food and beverage in the form of herbal beverage with hot and cold serving as traditional medicine. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of rosella beverage on blood pressure changes in hypertensive pregnant women. This research is a quasi-experimental study using a non probality sampling design using a control group. The number of samples is 30 people, divided into two groups, 15 intervention groups and 15 control groups. To find out the difference in blood pressure before and after the intervention in the treatment group and the control group, the analysis that used was paired sample t-test and to determine the difference in blood pressure between the treatment group and the control group using independent t-test. The results showed that there were differences in systolic blood pressure of 39.67 mmHg and diastolic of 22.33 mmHg before and after intervention in the treatment group..The results of the analysis about the differences of blood pressure between the control group and the treatment group with a p-value of 0.00 <0.005 with a difference in healing time of 2 days in the experimental group and 3-4 days in the control group. Giving rosella (hibiscus sabdarifa) beverage can be used as an herbal beverage to reduce blood pressure in pregnant women with hypertension with an average healing time of 2 days.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Sitorus R., Anuhgera D., Handayani D., Sriwulan., Saputri I. and Ritonga N. (2019). Giving Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Beverage to Overcome Hypertension in Pregnant Women.In Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT, ISBN 978-989-758-460-2, pages 180-187. DOI: 10.5220/0009469101800187

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ichimat19,
author={Riris Sitorus and Diah Evawana Anuhgera and Dwi Handayani and Sriwulan and Ika Nur Saputri and Nikmah Jalilah Ritonga},
title={Giving Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Beverage to Overcome Hypertension in Pregnant Women},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,},
year={2019},
pages={180-187},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0009469101800187},
isbn={978-989-758-460-2},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Health Informatics and Medical Application Technology - Volume 1: ICHIMAT,
TI - Giving Rosella (Hibiscus sabdariffa) Beverage to Overcome Hypertension in Pregnant Women
SN - 978-989-758-460-2
AU - Sitorus R.
AU - Anuhgera D.
AU - Handayani D.
AU - Sriwulan.
AU - Saputri I.
AU - Ritonga N.
PY - 2019
SP - 180
EP - 187
DO - 10.5220/0009469101800187