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Survei awal di Puskesmas Rasimah Ahmad Kota Bukittinggi, didapatkan kolesterol pada 10 Responden didapatkan 6 orang lansia yang tingkat kolesterol tinggi. Salah satu upaya untuk menurunkan atau mengontrol kolesterol adalah hidroterapi dengan menggunakan biji nangka. bertujuan untuk melihat pengaruh pemberian hidroterapi ekstrak biji nangka terhadap kolesterol pada lansia. Jenis penelitian Quasi Eksperiment dengan rancangan pretest-posttest with control group dilakukan pada bulan April-Agustus 2018.Populasi lansia yang menderita kolesterol. teknik pengambilan sampel purposive sampling berjumlah 20 orang,dimana10 orang untuk kelompok kontrol dan 10 orang untuk kelompok eksperimen. dikumpulkan menggunakan lembar cheklist. dianalisis secara univariat dan bivariat menggunakan uji statistik t-test dependen dan t-tes independen. Hasil penelitian didapatkan rata-rata kadar kolesterol lansia pada kelompok kontrol rata-rata kadar kolesterol sebelum adalah 235 mg/dl dan sesudah perlakuan adalah 226,50 mg/dl. Ada pengaruh pemberian hidroterapi ekstrak biji nangka (Artocarpus heterophyllus) terhadap kolesterol pada lansia (p = 0,000). Dari hasil penelitian dapat disimpulkan bahwa ada pengaruh pemberian hidroterapi ekstrak biji nangka terhadap kolesterol pada lansia, maka diharapkan kepada pihak puskesmas agar memanfaatkan terapi non farmakologi sebagai salah cara untuk menurunkan kadar kolesterol pada lansia yang salah satunya adalah mengenai pemberian hidroterapi ekstrak biji nangka (Artocarpus heterophyllus).

Preliminary survey data at Rasimah Ahmad Public Health Center in Bukittinggi City were obtained in checking cholesterol for 10 respondents. There were 6 elderly people with high cholesterol levels. One effort that can be done to reduce or control cholesterol is hydrotherapy using jackfruit seeds. This study aims to look at the effect of hydrotherapy on jackfruit seed extract on cholesterol in the elderly in the work area of Rasimah Ahmad Public Health Center in Bukittinggi City in 2018. The type of research used was Quasi Experiment with pretest-posttest with control group design conducted in the work area of Rasimah Ahmad Public Health Center in Bukittinggi City in April-August 2018. The population of all elderly who suffer from cholesterol amounted to 80 people with purposive sampling sampling technique totaling 20 people, where 10 people for the control group and 10 people for the experimental group. Data was collected using a checklist. Data were analyzed by univariate and bivariate using independent t-test and independent t-test statistical tests. The results showed that the average cholesterol level of the elderly before was 237.50 mg / dl and according to after being given hydrotherapy of jackfruit seed extract (Artocarpus heterophyllus) was 217.50 mg / dl. In the control group the average cholesterol level before was 235 mg / dl and after treatment was 226.50 mg / dl. There was an effect of hydrotherapy on jackfruit seed extract (Artocarpus heterophyllus) on cholesterol in the elderly (p = 0,000). There was an effect of cholesterol levels in the elderly in the control group (p = 0,000). There was an effect of cholesterol on the elderly in the experimental group and the control group (p = 0,000). Guided by the results of the study, it can be concluded that there is an effect of hydrotherapy on jackfruit seed extract on cholesterol in the elderly, it is expected that the health center to use non-pharmacological therapy as a way to reduce cholesterol levels in the elderly, one of which is about hydrotherapy of jackfruit seed extract (Artocarpus heterophyllus) in helping to lower blood cholesterol levels.