Assessment of Extent of Lifestyle Modification among Diagnosed Patients of Hypertension Attending Tertiary Care Hospital
Journal Title: International Journal of Medical and Health Sciences - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
Background: Hypertension is an important public health- challenge in the developing and the developed world alike. Lifestyle modification is an important step of therapy when hypertension is diagnosed, with or without starting antihypertensive medication. Objective: 1.To study the socio demographic characteristics of the study population. 2. To assess the level of acceptance about recommended lifestyle modification in specific dietary changes. Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among hypertensive patients above 30 years of age attending O.P.D. at Sir Sunder Lal Hospital, Banaras Hindu University. Respondents for this study were hypertensive patients who were under the treatment and attending the medical outpatient department for follow up. A semi- structured questionnaire was used to collect information. SPSS Ver. 16.0 (trial version) software was used to analyze the data. Results: More than half (54.7%) of the patients were non-vegetarian before diagnosis and after diagnosis the proportion of non-vegetarian study subjects reduced by 14%. Similarly, the reduction in consumption of meat, eggs, salt, ghee and oil (mustard, sunflower) by hypertensive patients was also noted. Likewise, smoking and consumption of alcohol was also reduced after diagnosis of hypertension. However physical activity increased among 30% of the respondents. Conclusion: Most of the patients changed their lifestyle after diagnosis of hypertension. There were many recommended lifestyle changes but this study showed that even after diagnosis of hypertension only few lifestyle changes were adopted.
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Verma P, Srivastava Manushi, Srivastava Ratan. K.
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