The effectiveness differences of cananga aromatherapy and java langgam music on blood pressure of the elderly with hypertension in bpstw yogyakarta

Elderly encounter decreased body functions, including cardiovascular function. The cardiovascular issue in elderly is hypertension. One of the non-pharmacological managements for hypertension is through the intervention of cananga aromatherapy and java langgam music. Quasi experiment with a control group design approach is the research method. The researcher divided two groups, namely cananga aromatherapy and java langgam music intervention groups. Interventions were given 4 times a week for two weeks. The researcher conducted Repeated Measure ANOVA and Friedman statistic tests for 3 measurement periods, while also performed independent t-test and Mann Whitney test to compare the both groups. The acquired results show that cananga aromatherapy can lower systolic blood pressure significantly (p-value: 0.007), while the java langgam music can lower systolic and diastolic blood pressures significantly (p-value: 0.000). There were disparities between systolic and diastolic blood pressures on both groups during the first week of the intervention (p-value: <0.05). The java langgam music intervention was more effective in lowering the blood pressure in elderly compared to cananga aromatherapy intervention. Keywords: Cananga aromatherapy; java langgam music; elderly with hypertension