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EFEKTIVITAS PEMBERIAN SEMANGKA MERAH DAN SEMANGKA KUNING TERHADAP TEKANAN DARAH WANITA DEWASA PENDERITA HIPERTENSI DERAJAT SATU DI DESA CIHIDEUNG

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ABSTRACT Consumption of red watermelon may lower blood pressure on adult males and females that having normal blood pressure (Napitupulu (2009) and Nurlina (2011)). The purpose of this study is to find the effectiveness between the red watermelon juice and yellow watermelon juice on women with hypertension stage one. The research was experiment with two-groups pretest and postest design. The subject in this study was 30 women in RW 15 Cihideung Village and divided into 2 groups, 15 subject to the group of red watermelon juice and 15 subject to the group of yellow watermelon juice and in accordance with the criteria of the research. The blood pressure of the subject measured before and after granting the juices by using a sphygmomanometer and a stethoscope. Other materials are red watermelon and yellow watermelon juice each juice contains 200 grams and given for 5 days. The blood pressure data on this research is processed using mean formulas, and followed by t-independent sample test. This research result indicates that the total amount of blood pressure before consuming red watermelon juice 146,6/93,8 mmHg and after consuming red watermelon juice for 5 days decrease to 134/86,6 mmHg while the value of the blood pressure before consuming yellow watermelon juice 146,6/ 93,8 mmHg and after consuming yellow watermelon juice for 5 days decrease to 137,3 / 88,9 mmHg. The result of this research also shows that the total amount p value > (0.05) which means there are no significant differrences between consuming red watermelon juice and yellow watermelon juice. Keywords: Hypertension, Red Watermelon Juice, Yellow Watermelon Juice