THE EFFECT OF SPIRITUAL EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE (SEFT) ON THE BLOOD PRESSURE OF ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH HYPERTENSION
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Abstract
Hypertension is a disease often referred to as a silent killer because it doesn't
cause symptoms in its early stages. It can lead to serious complications if it is not managed.
Hypertension is usually suffered by elderly people. Aging decreases blood vessel elasticity,
increasing the risk of hypertension. Hypertension management, in addition to
pharmacological therapy, also requires non-pharmacological therapies such as
complementary therapies to help control blood pressure. SEFT is a therapy that combines
a spiritual approach with tapping techniques to produce relaxation and emotional balance.
The objective of this study was to analyze the effect of SEFT on the blood pressure of
elderly people with hypertension in Mijen Village, RT 06/RW 04, Kaliwungu District,
Kudus Regency. The research method was a pre-experimental study with a one-group
pretest-posttest design. Twenty-one elderly people with hypertension were selected using
purposive sampling. Blood pressure was measured before and after the SEFT intervention.
The Data were analyzed using the Shapiro–Wilk normality test and the paired sample t-test
with a significance level of 0.05. The blood pressure mean score before the intervention
was 158.76/89.76 mmHg and decreased to 140.62/79.81 mmHg after the SEFT
intervention. The paired sample t-test showed a statistically significant difference between
pre- and post-intervention blood pressure measurements (p < 0.001).
The result shows that SEFT therapy is effective in decreasing blood pressure among elderly
people with hypertension and may be considered a complementary non-pharmacological
therapy to support hypertension management in the community.
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