| dc.description.abstract | Hypertension is a major concern in global health due to its high
incidence rate. To overcome this problem, there needs to be a strong desire to manage
the problem of readiness to improve health management. Efforts that can be made by
maintaining a lifestyle in this case are strengthened by providing foods high in
potassium, one of which is tomato juice. The purpose of this final project report is to
describe the implementation of tomato juice in hypertensive.
Method: This report uses a case study design, with participants including 1 member of
the farmer group who has hypertension, is 45 years old, has no complications, meets
80% of the symptoms, and has major signs of readiness to improve health management.
The study was conducted on June 1-7, 2024 using interview, observation, and
documentation techniques.
Result: Tomato juice was given for 7 days with a dose of 1 time a day, after meals. The
results of the case study showed a decrease in systolic blood pressure of 5.3 mmHg and
diastolic blood pressure of 4.8 mmHg and the evaluation criteria for readiness to
improve health management increased with participants being able to take action to
reduce risk factors, implementing care programs, fulfilling daily activities, not
experiencing difficulties in implementing health programs and receiving family support.
Conclusion: Providing tomato juice can be educational material for farmer groups and
health management in the community can improve healthy eating patterns by providing
tomato juice to control blood pressure. | en_US |
