Volume : VIII, Issue : VII, July - 2019

A Descriptive Study Of Standing And Sitting Crossed Leg Position On Blood Pressure Reading Among Hypertensive Patients Of Tertiary Care Hospital At Karad.

Miss. Priyanka Ashok Mohite, Mrs. Nitanjali Patil, Mrs. Vaishali R. Mohite, Mr. Ajit Anandrao Pawar

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Objective: 1.To assess the effect of standing position on blood pressure reading among hypertensive patient. 2. To assess the effect of sitting cross leg position on blood pressure reading among hypertensive patient.3. To compare effect of standing and sitting crossed leg position on blood pressure reading among hypertensive patient.4. To find out the association between standing and sitting crossed leg position among the demographic variables. Materials and Methods: Descriptive research design was used to conduct the study among hypertensive patients and totally 130 patients was selected by purposive sampling technique. The study was conducted at Krishna hospital, Karad. The data were collected by structured Questionnaire. Level of blood pressure was measured by the mercury–filled column Sphygmomanometer . The collected data were studied and analyzed in terms of objectives of the study using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: 1.Mean of standing systolic BP was 136.31 and mean of sitting crossed leg position was 147.54 so unpaired ‘t’ applied p value was <0.0001 which very significant. 2.Mean of standing diastolic BP was 89.92 and mean of sitting crossed leg position was 99.08 so unpaired ‘t’ applied p value was <0.0001 which very significant. 3.There is significant association between sitting crossed leg and socio–demographic data. Conclusion: The result of the present study show the hypertensive patients in that Systolic and diastolic BP significantly increased approximately 10 and 8 mmHg respectively with the crossed leg position.

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A DESCRIPTIVE STUDY OF STANDING AND SITTING CROSSED LEG POSITION ON BLOOD PRESSURE READING AMONG HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS OF TERTIARY CARE HOSPITAL AT KARAD., Miss. Priyanka Ashok Mohite, Mrs. Nitanjali Patil, Mrs. Vaishali R. Mohite, Mr. Ajit Anandrao Pawar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-7 | July-2019

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