Effect of Moderate Exercise on Blood Pressure "(Studies in Primigravida in the Health Center of the Banyumas District Health Office)

Abstract

Background
The pregnancy process is a physiological condition but there are some things that can endanger the mother and her baby. Pregnancy complications are experienced by about eight million women per year, and half a million more die, of which 99% of deaths are in developing countries. In developed countries complications in pregnancy cause maternal mortality rates of around 1 in 5000 women, and in developing countries it is very much higher, ie 1 in 11 pregnant women experiences complications in pregnancy and death.
Objective
To find out that moderate exercise (moderate exercise) affects blood pressure in Primigravida.
Methods
This study is a Quasi Experimental study, with a pre and post test with control group design. The number of samples in this study were 32 respondents, with 16 respondents in the intervention group and 16 respondents in the control group. In this group, one treatment group was used, namely getting moderate exercise intervention, namely walking for 30 minutes with an intensity of 5 times a week for 4 weeks and ANC according to standards and pregnancy exercises in the class of pregnant women according to the class schedule of pregnant women ie once a month and the control group that is to get ANC intervention according to standards and pregnancy exercise in the class of pregnant women according to the class schedule of pregnant women which is once a month.
Results
There were significant differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure between the intervention group and the control group at week 3 and week 4 with p <0.05. There were significant differences in systolic and diastolic blood pressure before and after intervention in the intervention group and the control group with a value of p <0.05
Conclusions and recommendations
Medium intensity exercise in the form of walking for 30 minutes 5 times a week for 4 weeks is effective for blood pressure. The results of this study are expected to be one of the programs in midwifery care for pregnant women as an alternative to prevent the occurrence of risks in pregnancy related to blood pressure