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Effectiveness of shavasana on blood presssure among hypertensive clients at selected community, Salem.

A Study Was Conducted To Assess The Effectiveness Of Shavasana On Blood Pressure Among Hypertensive Clients At Selected Community, Salem. A Quasi experimental pre and post-test research design was adopted. 60 samples were selected by convenience sampling technique. 30 samples from Poolavari and Veerapandi community were assigned to experimental group and 30 samples from Karipatti community were assigned to the control group. The general information was collected and the samples were categorized according to the JNC-VII classification based on their blood pressure readings. After the pre-test, shavasana was demonstrated to the 30 samples in the experimental group using video assisted programme. Post test was done after 21 days. During pre test, in experimental group, 19 (63.3%) of them belonged to stage I hypertension, 11 (36.7%) belonged to stage II hypertension. In the control group 23(76.7%) belonged to stage I hypertension and 7(23.3%) belonged to stage II hypertension. During post test, in experimental group 16 (53.3%) of them belonged to stage I hypertension, 4(13.4%) belonged to stage II hypertension, 10(33.3%) belonged to prehypertension. In the control group 15(50%) belonged to stage I hypertension, 10(23.3%) belonged to stage II hypertension and 5(16.7%) belonged to prehypertension. In control group, the pre test mean score on blood pressure was 2.23 ± 0.43 and the post test mean score was 2.17 ± 0.7, with a difference of 0.06. In experimental group, the pre test mean score on blood pressure was 2.37 ± 0.49, and the post test mean score was 1.80 ± 0.66, with a difference of 0.57, which shows that shavasana was effective in reducing blood pressure. The ‘t’ value of 4.92 shows that shavasana was effective in reducing blood pressure at p<0.05 level. The chi square test revealed that Hypothesis H2 was rejected for both experimental and control group except for the variables like age (χ2=6.316), duration of hypertension (χ2=11.54),and classification of drugs (χ2=7.50) in experimental group at p>0.05 level. Therefore shavasana is a very safe and easy method for reducing blood pressure

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ABSTRACT A comparison of milk yield and composition of various indigenou