24Jan 2018

AN EVALUATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMON JUICE ON PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS IN DOMMASANDRA PHC, BANGALORE.

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Hypertension is one of the most important public health challenges in worldwide. Uncontrolled hypertension can cause mild and severe consequences in Pregnancy and the diet plays an important role in maintaining health, as an alternative therapy a citrus fruit like lemon causes clinically significant interactions with a variety of drugs including calcium antagonists. Lemon juice contains vitamin c which reduces systolic and diastolic blood pressure. Regular practice of ingestion of lemon juice would have a positive impact in controlling blood pressure. OBJECTIVES:To determine the effect of lemon juice on selected physiological parameters among PIH mothers in experimental group .To compare the physiological parameters of PIH mothers in both experimental and control group.To determine the association between physiological parameters and selected demographic variables among PIH mothers.METHODS: A quasi experimental pre-test and post test design with control group was used for this study. A sample of 30 PIH mother between the age group of 20 ? 25 were selected by using purposive sampling technique and 15 mothers each were assigned randomly to the experimental and control group. Base line data, mercury sphygmomanometer, stethoscope were used to obtain the data .RESULT: Result of study revealed that there was significant deference between mean pre test and post test score of systolic blood pressure at 1st day( Mean=138.66) and 5th day ( Mean=126 ) , diastolic blood pressure at 1st day ( Mean=90) and 5th day ( Mean=80 ) among experimental group. The obtained?t? value of systolic and diastolic mean for pre test and post test (5.025 and 5.076) was greater than the table value, that inferred that Lime juice is effective in reducing Pregnancy Induced Hypertension.CONCLUSION:The finding of the study concluded that Lime juice intake is effective during Pregnancy Induced Hypertension in reducing Blood Pressure.

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[Uma Parvathi. (2018); AN EVALUATIVE STUDY TO ASSESS THE EFFECTIVENESS OF LEMON JUICE ON PREGNANCY INDUCED HYPERTENSION AMONG ANTENATAL MOTHERS IN DOMMASANDRA PHC, BANGALORE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jan). 1402-1407] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6365      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6365

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