“ A Study to assess the effectiveness of Back massage on Anxiety level, Heart rate and Blood pressure among Hospitalized Hypertensive patients at selected Hospitals Tumkur”.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2018, Vol 7, Issue 5
Abstract
Objective: To Assess the effectiveness of back massage on anxiety level, heart rate and blood pressure among hospitalized hypertensive patients. Research Methodology: - Quasi experimental design with 120 hypertensive patients, 60 for experimental group and 60 for control group were allotted through purposive sampling techniques. Results: - The results showed that back massage was highly effective in reducing anxiety level, maintaining heart rate and reducing and maintaining blood pressure among hospitalized hypertensive patients in experimental group than control group. There is a significant association between pretest and post test scores of anxiety level, heart rate and blood pressure with the age, occupational status , annual income of the family, duration of hospitalization of the hypertensive patients and no association among gender and marital status .Conclusion: The study concluded that back massage is effective in reducing anxiety level, maintaining heart rate and reducing and maintaining blood pressure.
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Dr. K. Ramu, Dr Yathi Kumar Swamy Gowda, Dr. Bharathi M
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