Contemporary Nursing

Objective To explore the effect of auricular point pressing combined with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath on elderly patients with hypertension in the community. Methods From January 2023 to December 2024, 80 elderly hypertensive patients in the community were selected as the research subjects and randomly divided into the control group and the combined group by the random number table method, with 40 cases in each group. The control group received conventional community nursing intervention, while the combined group, on the basis of conventional nursing, added auricular point sticking and pressing combined with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath intervention. Compare the effects. Results After the intervention, the systolic and diastolic blood pressures of the combined group were lower than those of the control group, and the quality of life was higher than that of the control group (P < 0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups (P > 0.05). Conclusion Auricular point patching combined with traditional Chinese medicine foot bath can effectively reduce the blood pressure level of elderly patients with hypertension in the community, improve their quality of life, and has good safety. It is worthy of promotion and application in the community.

Auricular point pressing; Chinese herbal foot bath; Community; Hypertension; Elderly patients; Blood pressure level; Quality of life