25Apr 2017

A CORRELATIVE STUDY BETWEEN VISUAL REACTION TIME AND DURATON OF HYPERTENSION

  • Assistant Professor,Sivagangai Medical College.
  • Assistant Professor, Madurai Medical College.
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Background: Essential hypertension or Primary hypertension is the most common type of hypertension, affecting 95% of hypertensive patients. Prevalence of essential hypertension increases with age, and individuals with relatively high blood pressure at younger age are at increased risk for the subsequent complications of hypertension. Hypertension can increase the risk of cerebral, cardiac, and renal events. Aims And Objectives: The purpose of this study was (1) to record the neurophysiological parameter visual reaction time and in all the subjects(2) To correlate the above parameters in control group and 3 groups of hypertensive according to the duration. Materials and Methodology: Cross-sectional study on 160 subjects aged between 30-60years was conducted. They were divided into four groups. Group 1- control group (Healthy subjects), Group 2-subjects with hypertension for the past 2 years, Group 3-subjects with hypertension for the past 5 years, Group 4-subjects with hypertension for the past 10 years. Visual reaction time (VRT) were measured by Reaction timer. Result: The results were analyzed by using ANOVA test and were considered as statistically significant with ?p? value was less than 0.05 with respect to Visual reaction time (VRT )compared with the duration of hypertension Conclusion: This study concludes that the Visual reaction time (VRT) increases as the duration of hypertension increases.

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[R. Selvaa And P.Shanmuga Priya. (2017); A CORRELATIVE STUDY BETWEEN VISUAL REACTION TIME AND DURATON OF HYPERTENSION Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Apr). 816-820] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Dr. P.SHANMUGA PRIYA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, MADURAI MEDICAL COLLEGE.

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3880      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3880

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