PEMBERDAYAAN MASYARAKAT MELALUI PEMANFAATAN DAUN PEPAYA DALAM UPAYA PENCEGAHAN RESIKO PENYUMBATAN PEMBULUH DARAH DI RW 16, KELURAHAN CIPAGERAN, KECAMATAN CIMAHI UTARA

Abstract

Stroke is part of Cerebro Vascular Disease (CVD), which is any form of blood circulation disorder affecting the brain or due to pathological processes in the blood vessels. Acute infarction stroke is caused by blockage or occlusion of the small cerebral arteries caused by blood clots (thrombus) originating from excessive clotting of platelets which must be given antiplatelet agents. Indonesia has biodiversity, including a diversity of plants that can be used as traditional medicine. One of the medicinal plants that contains natural ingredients that have the potential to have biological activity as an antiplatelet is papaya leaves (Noviar, 2023). Flavonoid compounds, steroids and tannins in free form and tannin-protein complexes have anti-aggregation properties. This research uses 2 methods, namely survey and sampling methods to determine the scope of empowerment and education in the form of counseling and assistance. Apart from that, another method used is an educational method in the form of counseling and assistance to provide an understanding of the use of papaya leaves to prevent the risk of blood vessel blockages. The results of research from 18 cadres showed that based on the Wilcoxon test, a sig value of 0.000 <α (0.05) was obtained. Thus, it can be concluded that the pre-test scores and post-test scores have a significant difference in scores with an increase in scores for cadres of 22.66% or 40.02%. Meanwhile, the results of the Paired T Test obtained a sig value of 0.000 <α (0.05), thus it can be concluded that the platelet aggregation value before and after administration of papaya leaves had a significant difference with a decrease in value of 9.94% or 13.87%. This shows that papaya leaves are effective in reducing platelet aggregation to prevent the risk of blood vessel blockages