Fiber Intake and Sleep Quality in Elderly with Hypertension

Abstract

Elderly people are at risk of experiencing various health problems because they experience changes both physically, socially and mentally. The disease that often occurs in the elderly is hypertension. Hypertension in the elderly is caused by food intake, such as fiber intake, sodium and other factors that are often overlooked are sleep quality. The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between fiber intake, sleep quality and blood pressure in the elderly. This type of research is descriptive analytical with a cross-sectional approach. Blood pressure variables using a tensiometer, fiber intake, cholesterol, sodium using a 24-hour recall, sleep quality using the PSQI questionnaire, a sample of 57 elderly people using total sampling. The results showed that 94.7% of the elderly had hypertension, 82.5% of the elderly had low fiber intake and 68.4% of the elderly had poor sleep quality. Low fiber intake and poor sleep quality contribute to hypertension. Choosing fiber-rich foods that are easily accessible and easy for the elderly to chew and regulating the elderly's sleep hours are strategies to reduce the incidence of hypertension in the elderly.