Key result
White ginger water foot soaks lower systolic blood pressure by ~6 mmHg in elderly hypertension.
Why the study?
The effect of foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water on blood pressure levels in elderly hypertensive patients was not established.
Does foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water reduce blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension?
Does foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water reduce blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension?
Mean Difference: -6.4
Absolute Event Rate: -6.4% vs -8.36%
p-value: p=0.008
Foot soak therapy with boiled white ginger water significantly reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure in elderly patients with hypertension, offering a potential non-pharmacological complementary treatment.
May support adjunctive ginger foot soaks in elderly hypertension; leaves open confirmation in randomized trials before practice change.
Objective: To determine the effect of foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water on blood pressure levels in elderly people with hypertension at BPSTW Budi Luhur. Method: The research design used was Quasy Experimental with a pre-test design and post-test design with control group. The sample taken was 22 people using the total sampling method. The intervention group consisted of 11 respondents who were given foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water in the morning for 10-15 minutes which was carried out 6 times in 2 weeks and checked pre and post blood pressure. Meanwhile the control group only had pre and post blood pressure checked with a total of 11 respondents. The data analysis technique applied was a paired t-test because the data is normally distributed. Research results: The mean systolic blood pressure in the intervention group was -6.4mmHg with a p-value = 0.008 and the mean diastolic blood pressure was -3mmHg with a p-value = 0.007. The p-value showed <0.05, which means that there is an effect of providing foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water on blood pressure levels in elderly with hypertension at BPSTW Budi Luhur.
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Fiandari et al. (2025) studied Hypertension (n=22). Foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water vs. No intervention (control group with pre/post blood pressure checks only) was evaluated on Change in systolic blood pressure from baseline (MD -6.4 mmHg, p=0.008). Foot soak therapy in boiled white ginger water significantly reduced systolic blood pressure by 6.4 mmHg (p=0.008) and diastolic blood pressure by 3 mmHg (p=0.007) in elderly with hypertension.
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