A comparative study to assess the effectiveness of foot massage & back massage in reducing blood pressure among hypertensive patients admitted in Medicine ward attertiarycare hospital, Bhubaneswar.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Nursing and health Science - Year 2019, Vol 7, Issue 1
Abstract
An experimental study was undertaken to assess and compare effectiveness of foot massage and back massage in reducing blood pressure among hypertensive patients admitted in Medicine ward at tertiary care Hospital, Bhubaneswar. Objective:Tocomparetheeffectivenessoffootmassage&backmassageamongthehypertensivepatient. Methodology:Evaluative and comparative research approach was adapted. Experimental pretest posttest control group design was used for this study. Simple random sampling technique was used for 70 hypertensive patients. The present study was conducted in Medicine Ward at PBMHospital, Bhubaneswar. The Patient werediagnosedwithhypertentionattheageof40-60years selected as sample and grouped under 40 for experimental ( 20 in each : Group IA : Foot massage and Group IB : Back massage group), Group II: was control group( of 30 samples). Experimental group got the massage for 10 minutes .Tool used in this study one was demographic tool and another was blood pressure monitoring table. Results: The characteristics of the demographic variables described that, 52.85% was male patients, 32.85% resides in 61 - 70 yrs of age group; 20% female patients were unemployed and 17.14% male patients were selfemployed; 15.71% male patients were graduate and 21.42% of female patients were of primary education; 37.14% of male patients and 24.28 % of female patients were practicing exercise on daily basis; 38.57% of male and 17.14% of female patients were maintaining walking every day; 15.71% of female patients practicing exercise for up to 30 minutes; 27.14% of female patients sleep for less than 5 hrs; 28.57% of male patients were diagnosed with hypertension of 1 - 5 yrs. 35.71% of male and 30% of female patients are of non veg; 25.71% of male patients are of 156 - 165 cm and 30% of female patients are of 145 - 155 cm in height; 24.28% of male patients are of 71-80 kg and 25.71% of female patients are 61 -70kg in weight.Independent t test was used to see the effectiveness of both the massage therapy in reducing blood pressure.The t value of Group IA male in diastolic blood pressure is >0.16 and in systolic blood pressure is 2.779 comparing with the post test blood pressure level in control group.The t value of Group IA female in diastolic blood pressure is 6.85 and in systolic blood pressure is 2.39 comparing with the post test blood pressure level in control group. The t value of Group IB male in diastolic blood pressure is 8.0775 and in systolic blood pressure is 3.2032 comparing with the post test blood pressure level in control group.The t value of Group IB female in diastolic blood pressure is 6.4478 and in systolic blood pressure is 2.612 comparing with the post test blood pressure level in control group. Comparing the t value of both experimental group male post test diastolic and systolic blood pressure is 1.1043 and 0.5286 respectively and similarly for female is 0.7494 and 0.5830 which is mot significant.The study Results shows that the Foot and Back massage is effective in reducing systolic and diastolic blood pressure but both have equal effect in reducing Blood pressure. Conclusion: The study concluded that the Foot and Back massage is equally effective in reducing blood pressure in male and female hypertensive patients. Back massage and Foot massage is widely practised in health care sectors. It is a cost effective method of reducing blood pressure. Nurse can easily learn this massage technique. It help to decrease blood pressure, length of hospital stay for patients with hypertention and reduces further complication related to hypertention.
Authors and Affiliations
Ms. Sukriti Biswas, Mr. Asokan . R, Prof. (Mrs) Amrita Lenka, Prof. (Dr) Subhransu Patro
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