Key result
Educational demonstration on medicinal plant infusions boosts elderly hypertension knowledge scores by ~25 points.
Why the study?
Hypertension is a leading cause of premature death and non-pharmacological treatments using family medicinal plants are used to control it, but public awareness among the elderly is limited.
Absolute Event Rate: 95% vs 70%
Community education and demonstration of traditional medicinal plant infusions effectively increased knowledge about non-pharmacological hypertension management among the elderly.
May improve elderly hypertension knowledge via community education; hypothesis-generating without outcome data or controlled evidence.
Hypertension is a leading cause of premature death worldwide, some risk factors for hypertension are age, gender and obesity status. To reduce the risk of hypertension, hypertension treatment is needed as an effort to control hypertension, one of which is non-pharmacological treatment, usually carried out by implementing the use of family medicinal plants. The purpose of implementing Community Service activities at the Pauh Health Center is to increase public awareness, especially the elderly, about hypertension and hypertension treatment with traditional medicine. Using the method of providing education and question and answer discussions related to the dangers and efforts to prevent hypertension, the participants of this activity were carried out on December 2, 2025, at the Pauh Health Center Working Area. A total of 40 people. During the Education Process, the participants listened carefully and provided good feedback, in the form of benefits and how to consume infusa, and whether it can be boiled together with drinking water at home, and all questions from participants were answered well. With the question and answer from the participants, participants can better understand hypertension and how to treat it with traditional medicine.
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Rizal et al. (2026) studied Hypertension (n=40). Health education and demonstration on Family Medicinal Plants (TOGA) infusion vs. Pre-education baseline (pre-test) was evaluated on Mean knowledge score. An educational intervention and practical demonstration on using family medicinal plant infusions for hypertension increased the average knowledge score of elderly participants from 70 to 95.
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