Open AccessEffectiveness of straight walking on selected parameters among hypertensive participants attending outpatient department in selected urban primary health centre at Puducherry
Author(s) -
I Volantine,
Timsi Jain,
J Rukmani
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
international journal of health sciences (ijhs) (en línea)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2550-6978
pISSN - 2550-696X
DOI - 10.53730/ijhs.v6ns1.5225
Subject(s) - medicine , outpatient clinic , simple random sample , case fatality rate , non communicable disease , descriptive statistics , physical therapy , disease , environmental health , emergency medicine , population , statistics , mathematics
Chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the number one cause of mortality and morbidity in the world. World Health Organization and Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study have reported that cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the most important reason for fatality and disability. Age-adjusted mortality has increased by 31% in last 25 years. Case control studies have reported that hypertension is most important risk factor for CVD in India. The present study was to conduct to evaluate the effectiveness of straight walking on selected parameters among hypertensive participants attending out patient department in selected urban Primary Health Centre at Puducherry. An experimental pre and posttest control group design was utilized. By using simple random sampling technique 60 subjects were selected. The data were collected by using semi-structured questionnaire (demographic performa), bio-physiological and bio-chemical parameters. The data were analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. The results showed that The independent ‘t’ test value for heart rate (t=3.800, p=0.0001), respiratory rate (t=4.089, p=0.0001), SPO2 (t=4.068, p=0.0001) and HDL (t=6.018, p=0.0001) was found to statistically significant at p<0.001 level.