Kochurani, Benny (2013) Effectiveness of cucumber juice upon blood pressure level in hypertensive clients. Masters thesis, Apollo College of Nursing, Chennai.
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Abstract
A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Cucumber Juice Upon Blood Pressure Level in Hypertensive Clients at Selected Wards of Thiruverkadu Township, Chennai. OBJECTIVES: 1. To assess the level of blood pressure before and after administration of cucumber juice in control and experimental group of hypertensive clients. 2. To determine the effectiveness of cucumber juice by comparing the mean scores of blood pressure levels before and after administration of cucumber juice in control and experimental group of hypertensive clients. 3. To assess the level of satisfaction regarding cucumber juice administration upon blood pressure levels among experimental group of hypertensive clients. 4. To find out the association between selected demographic variables and blood pressure levels before and after administration of cucumber juice in control and experimental group of hypertensive clients. 5. To find out the association between selected clinical variables and blood pressure levels before and after administration of cucumber juice in control and experimental group of hypertensive clients. The conceptual frame work was based on Ernestine Weidenbach’s Helping Art of Clinical Nursing theory which was modified for the present study, and extensive review of literature and guidance by expert formed the foundation of development of the research tool. A quasi experimental design was adopted for this study. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 30 in control group from Thiruverkadu Township and 30 in experimental group from Keelayanambakkam. The blood pressure assessment charter and rating scale for level of satisfaction on administration of cucumber juice were the tools used to collect data, after establishing validity and reliability. The main data collection was done after determining the feasibility and practicability through pilot study. The hypertensive clients were identified by screening. The blood pressure level was checked for both control and experimental group before and after administration of cucumber juice. Cucumber juice was freshly prepared in a juicer. 125ml of this administered every day orally on empty stomach for four weeks and their level of satisfaction on cucumber juice was assessed. The data was tabulated and analyzed by using descriptive and inferential statistics. MAJOR FINDINGS OF THE STUDY: Majority of hypertensive clients were in age group of 51to70 (76.6%,80%), were females (66.7%,70%), belonging to Hindu religion (70%,76.6%), married (100%,100%) and a significant percentage of hypertensive clients had no formal education (43.3%,43.4%),occupational status as home makers (36.6%,40%), with monthly income of 10001-15000 (40%,33.3%), in control and experimental group respectively. • Majority of the hypertensive clients had been suffering from hypertension for a duration between 1 to 5 yrs (66.7%, 76.6%), had no family history of hypertension (63.3%, 46.6%), were on oral anti hypertensive agents (83.3%, 90%), had body weight between 51-60 kg (50%, 46.67%), with height 151 to 160 cm (43.3%, 67%), with BMI between 19 to 24 (80%, 83.33%), non vegetarians (46.6%, 56.67%), sedentary workers (66.75, 66.7%) absence of co morbidities (60%, 50%), not on other alternative or complementary therapy (100%, 100%), had no habit of smoking (80%, 73.3%) and had no habit of alcoholism (86.6%, 70%) in control and experimental group respectively. • Majority of the hypertensive clients in the control and experimental group had mild deviations of systolic blood pressure (50%, 70%), and most of them had mild deviations of diastolic blood pressure (50%, 43.4%) before cucumber juice administration. But after cucumber juice administration there was a significant difference in the experimental group, 87% of clients had normal level of systolic blood pressure and 93.4% of clients had normal level of diastolic blood pressure. Where as in the control group 46.7% clients had mild level of systolic blood pressure and 80% of clients had mild level of diastolic blood pressure. • In control group there was no significant difference in the mean and standard deviation of systolic blood pressure (M=157,152 & SD=13.58, 11.3) and diastolic blood pressure level (M=96, 90 & SD=7.06, 6.62) in pre test and post test assessment. Whereas experimental group showed a significant difference (p<0.001) in the mean and standard deviation of systolic blood pressure level (M=152, 123 & SD=13.3, 7.06) and diastolic blood pressure level (M=97, 77 & SD=7.26, 4.58) before and after administration of cucumber juice it can be attributed to the effectiveness of cucumber juice. Hence the null hypothesis Ho1 was rejected. • Majority of the hypertensive clients in the experimental group were highly satisfied with regard to researcher approach and nature of cucumber juice (83%), and most of the hypertensive clients were highly satisfied with regard to method of administration of cucumber juice (73%), and majority of the clients were highly satisfied with regard to the effectiveness of cucumber juice administration (100%) respectively. • There was a significant association between the selected demographic variables of gender (χ2=8.2, df=1), education (χ2=6.4, df=1), income (χ2=8.43, df=1) and systolic blood pressure levels of hypertensive clients in pretest, and occupational status (χ2=5.56, df=1) in post test at (p<0.05) in the control group, but there was no significant association with other demographic variables. Hence the null hypothesis Ho2 was rejected with regard to gender, education, income and occupational status. There was a significant association between demographical variable age (χ2=4.80, df=1) and systolic blood pressure level in pretest and post test at (p<0.05) in the experimental group. So the null hypothesis H02 was rejected with regard to age. There was a significant association between demographical variable education (χ2=6.26, df=1) and diastolic blood pressure level in pre test at (p<0.05). So the null hypothesis H02 was rejected with regard to education. • There was a significant association between the selected clinical variable weight (χ2=9.5, df=1) (p<0.01) and systolic blood pressure levels of hypertensive clients in pre test and post test in control group, but there was no significant association with other clinical variables. Hence the null hypothesis Ho3 was rejected with regard to weight. There was a significant association between the selected clinical variable BMI (χ2=5, df=1) (p<0.05) and diastolic blood pressure levels of hypertensive clients in pre test in control group, but there was no significant association with other clinical variables. Hence the null hypothesis Ho3 was rejected with regard to BMI. RECOMMENDATIONS: The researcher recommends the following studies in the field of nursing research: 1. The same study could be conducted on larger samples for better generalization. 2. The study could be replicated in different settings. 3. A study could be conducted to assess the level of knowledge among nurses regarding the administration of cucumber juice for the management of the clients with hypertension. 4. A similar study can be conducted with other traditional and herbal medicines.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Additional Information: | 30116631 |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Effectiveness ; cucumber juice ; blood pressure level ; hypertensive clients. |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Subramani R |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Jan 2019 03:20 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Jan 2019 14:20 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/10316 |
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