Effectiveness of Foot Massage Upon the Level of Blood Pressure Among Elderly Hypertensive Clients

Kavitha. G

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Hypertension is one common ailment in adults WHO estimates the high blood pressure leads to over 7 million death each year, about 13% of the total death worldwide. Massage therapy will likely increase the circulation with in the blood vessels, relaxing strokes will concurrently dilate those vessels. Need for the study: Hypertension is one common ailment in adults. If people lower their blood pressure they are less likely to die or to have heart attacks and strokes. “A Quasi Experimental Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Foot Massage upon the Level of Blood Pressure among Elderly Hypertensive Clients at Selected Old Age Homes, Chennai.” Objective was to assess the level of blood pressure in control and experimental group of elderly hypertensive clients before and after administration of foot massage and to evaluate the effectiveness of foot massage by comparing the level of blood pressure in control and experimental group of elderly hypertensive clients before and after administration of foot massage. Quasi experimental research design and Purposive sampling technique was adopted for this study. Instruments consisted of Demographic variable proforma, Clinical variable proforma, Observational checklist to record the blood pressure values of the elderly before, during and after foot massage. The blood pressure values were classified based on British Hypertension Society, and Rating scale on level of satisfaction of foot massage developed by the investigator. Data was collected and analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Discussion: The findings of the study revealed that, before foot massage the mean and standard deviation of systolic blood pressure were (160.4, 157.7 and 14.64, 11.369) and diastolic blood pressure were (92.2, 92.2 and 5.66, 6.033) in control and experimental group respectively. Where as in experimental group after foot massage there was a great reduction in mean and standard deviation, systolic blood pressure were (132.6, 11.10), (p<0.001) and diastolic blood pressure were (81.2, 2.60), p<0.001. The above results showed that foot massage helps to reduce the blood pressure of the elderly with hypertension. It reduces stress, promotes relaxation and enhances comfort. Significant percentage of them in the experimental group were satisfied with the foot massage (16.6%), majority of them were highly satisfied (83.3%) and none of them expressed dissatisfaction

Effectiveness of Foot Massage Upon the Level of Blood Pressure Among Elderly Hypertensive Clients

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