Rajalakshmi, R (2012) A study to evaluate the effectiveness of garlic powder in reducing the blood pressure among clients with hypertension in a Selected. Masters thesis, Annai Meenakshi College of Nursing, Coimbatore.
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Abstract
Hypertension is often called as ―silent killer‖ because people who have it are often symptom free. As a disease, hypertension is a major contributor to death from cardiac, renal, and peripheral vascular disease. Hence the research study was to evaluate the effectiveness of garlic powder in reducing the blood pressure among clients with hypertension in a selected rural area at Coimbatore. Garlic Powder; Reducing The Blood Pressure; Hypertension; The objectives of the study: To assess the level of blood pressure among clients with hypertension. To evaluate the effectiveness of garlic powder in reducing the level of blood pressure among clients with hypertension. To determine the association between the level of blood pressure among clients with hypertension with their selected demographic variables. The study was conducted in vazhukkuparai village at Coimbatore. In this study Pre-experimental design was adopted and Non randomized purposive sampling technique was used to select the 30 subjects. The structured interview questionnaire used for data collection and the blood pressure level was checked by using standardized sphygmomanometer before and after intervention. The intervention of 900 mg of Garlic powder mixed with 25 ml skimmed milk administered orally for once a day before breakfast and this was continued for 30 days. The collected data were analyzed by using both descriptive and inferential statistical methods. Paired‗t‘ test was used to evaluate the effectiveness of garlic powder to reduce the level of blood pressure among clients with hypertension. The obtained ‗t‘ value 11.98 was significant at p< 0.05 level. The findings of the study revealed that garlic powder was effective in reducing the blood pressure among clients with hypertension.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Garlic Powder; Reducing; Blood Pressure; Hypertension |
| Subjects: | NURSING > Community Health Nursing |
| Depositing User: | Ramakrishnan J |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Dec 2017 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Dec 2017 09:03 |
| URI: | http://repository-tnmgrmu.ac.in/id/eprint/4271 |
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