“Effectiveness of Breathing Exercise to reduce stress among Hypertensive patients in selected rural village at Greater Noida.”

Abstract

A Study to Assess the Effectiveness of Breathing Exercise to Reduce Stress among Hypertensive Patients in Selected Rural Village at Greater Noida. Objectives for the study were to assess the level of stress among hypertensive clients before administering breathing exercise in experimental and control group, to determine the effectiveness of breathing exercise on reducing stress among hypertensive clients in experimental group and control group and to determine the association between the stress among hypertensive clients with their selected demographic variables. A descriptive research design was used to conduct the study. Samples were selected through is non-randomized convenient sampling technique and the total Sample size was 40 hypertensive patients control group 20 and experimental group 20, the study revealed that majority (50.00%) of respondents were in the age group between 41-50 years, (17.50%) of the responds were in the age group of 51-60 years. The prevalence of hypertension urban adults in Greater Noida is 14%. Hypertension is directly responsible for 57% of all stroke deaths and 24% of all Coronary heart disease deaths in India. Pooling of epidemiological studies shows that hypertension is present in 25% urban and 10% rural subjects in India. At an underestimate, there are 31.5 million hypertensives in rural and 34 million in urban population