Effect of physical and mental activity on blood pressure

Thakor, Hitendrasinh G; Kumar, P. Vijay; Desai, Vikas K

doi:10.1007/bf02724095

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“…A high number of hypertensive patients in this study had a low education level. This is in agreement with the findings of the report published by WHO which indicated that education is directly related to hypertension; illiterates being more susceptible (Thakor, Kumar, & Desai, 2014). Another study conducted by Hazarikas, Biswas, and Mahanta (2003) showed that prevalence of hypertension was high among patients with low education level compared to patients with high education level.…”

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Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Owenga

Odhiambo

Olayo

et al. 2019

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences

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This study focused on the factors influencing hypertension prevalence among patients attending a hypertensive clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital. Cross-Sectional descriptive study design was employed and the researcher collected both qualitative and quantitative first-hand information from the key informants and hypertensive patients respectively. The study targeted 34o hypertensive patients attending the hypertensive clinic in the county hospital, Krejcie and Morgan sampling frame was used to arrive at a sample of181patients who were then obtained through simple random sampling. The study used key informant interview guides and questionnaires to collect the data. Quantitative data were analyzed descriptively using measures of central tendency, frequencies and percentages and inferentially through Spearman Correlation. Qualitative data were analysed through content analysis. The study found out that demographic characteristics and attitude on hypertension had an insignificant negative influence on hypertension prevalence. Knowledge and social-economic characteristics had significantly negative influence on the prevalence of hypertension. The study recommends that the government and the various agencies like the NGOs and mass media should intensify campaigns that are aimed at increasing the knowledge, awareness, education and information concerning hypertension and its effects. Finally, there is a need for both the county and the national government to come up with health support programs, including subsidized medicare, increasing free medical camps and provision of affordable health insurance covers that would cater for patients of low socio-economic status to enable them access medical care. Keywords:Demographic and health information Attitude towards hypertension Knowledge on hypertension Socio-economic factors Hypertension.

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Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Owenga

Odhiambo

Olayo

et al. 2019

International Journal of Emerging Trends in Social Sciences

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“…The relationship between physical activity (PA) and BP in adults is well established, but findings in children have been inconsistent with few studies. Thakor et al, 2004, found that both SBP and DBP were significantly associated with outdoor playing taking the whole sample as one, but not in different sex or age group, except that the SBP was significantly correlated with outdoor playing in 10-13 years of age group in boys [8]. Hansen and Hyidebebrendt 1989 found an inverse correlation between blood pressure and physical fitness [9].…”

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Effect of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure Distribution among School Children

Durrani

Fatima

2015

Advances in Public Health

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The present study analyzed the relationship between physical activity and blood pressure in 701 school children aged 12-16 years (girls = 338, boys = 363). During the baseline examination, systolic blood pressure (SBP) and diastolic blood pressure (DBP), height, weight, and 24-hour recall of the working day activity with duration were recorded. Total activity score and type of activity were calculated by weighing the activity level. Mean, standard deviation, and correlation coefficient were calculated by using SPSS 12.0 version. The results revealed that rise in blood pressure was directly proportional to the increase in age. The range of systolic blood pressure was found to be high in low risk blood pressure (LBP) group than in elevated blood pressure (EBP) group showing direct association of activity level and systolic blood pressure. Physical activity score was found to be more in LBP group than in EBP group. Our results support the hypothesis that SBP is independently related to the level of habitual physical activity in children.

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“…4 'Tracking' observed in the blood pressure values from childhood to adulthood shows a potential value of long-term approaches to hypertension control based on the prevention of high blood pressure in children. 5 The task force recommended that all children 3 years of age or older should have their blood pressure recorded during health maintenance visits and emergent visits. One of the most important developments in the past 5 years has been the publication of new blood pressure tables that are adjusted for height.…”

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Blood Pressure Levels among the Students of a Selected School

Mazumder

Flora²,

Sahidullah³

et al. 2010

Ibrahim Med. Coll. J.

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In Bangladesh, limited data are available on paediatric hypertension as well as their normal values.This study was done to assess the level of blood pressure in this population group. A total of 1118students from class I to X of a selected school were measured twice for systolic and diastolic BPwithin five minutes interval following a standard protocol. The phase V diastolic blood pressure wasrecorded. The average of two readings was taken. Age was obtained from the school records. Themean age was 10.53 (± 0.09) years and 46.9% of the recruited students were females. The mean(±SE) and median of systolic and diastolic blood pressure were 97.89 (±0.39) and 97.50 mm Hgand 57.58 (±0.39) and 60.00 mm Hg, respectively. Boys had a significantly higher systolic (99.34 ±0.56 mm Hg) and diastolic (62.59 ± 0.41 mm Hg) blood pressure than the girls (96.78 ± 0.50 mmHg systolic BP and 51.54 ± 0.55 mm Hg diastolic BP; P<0.001). Systolic blood pressure was foundto be positively correlated with age, height and weight and diastolic blood pressure was correlatedwith height and weight. Although this study gave us an insight into the paediatric BP situation in aparticular school, a community based study with representative sample is recommended to developa reference data on paediatric blood pressure for our country.Ibrahim Med. Coll. J. 2010; 4(1): 9-12DOI: 10.3329/imcj.v4i1.5928

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Effect of physical and mental activity on blood pressure

Cited by 14 publications

References 21 publications

Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Factors Influencing Hypertension Prevalence in Patients Attending Hypertensive Clinic in Siaya County Referral Hospital, Kenya

Effect of Physical Activity on Blood Pressure Distribution among School Children

Blood Pressure Levels among the Students of a Selected School

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