Effect of Tomato Juice Administration on Blood Pressure in the Elderly in Hypertensive Patients :Literature Review

Abstract

Hypertension is still a sizable problem worldwide, hypertension affects 22% of the world's population. Hypertension is still a health problem in the elderly group, with increasing age, blood pressure will also increase due to the accumulation of collagen in the muscle layer, so that blood vessels will gradually narrow and become stiff. The purpose of this literature review is to determine the effect of tomato juice on blood pressure in the elderly in hypertensive patients. This method uses an analytical approach to analyze the data that the researcher will use, namely thematic analysis:simplified approach. Literature selection is carried out through a search on a database, namely Google Scholar. To search for articles, the author searched using Indonesian with the keywords "tomato juice", "blood pressure" and "elderly hypertension". Results: Based on a literature review of six research articles that have been reviewed, there are all articles that have the effect of giving tomato juice in lowering blood pressure in the elderly. Thus, it can be concluded that the administration of tomato juice is quite effective in lowering blood pressure for the elderly in people with hypertension