scholarly journals A prevalence study on hypertension among practising advocates in Madurai

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 360
Author(s):  
P. Praveena ◽  
Shanthi Edward
Keyword(s):  
Care Management ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
District Court ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Pressure ◽  
Main Factors ◽  
And Control ◽  
Health Counsellor

Background: In recent years, the practice of law is demanding and exceedingly stressful occupation. Main factors concerned are, being overloaded with work, unsupported, lack of appreciation, long hours, unattainable targets. Even the most balanced and well-adjusted advocates at some point eventually succumbs to the pressures of working in the legal field. It causes hypertension and a great impact on ones’well being. Hence the main objective of the study is to find out the prevalence of hypertension among practising advocates, thereby effective measures can be taken to prevent and control hypertension and its complications.Methods: : A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 300 practising advocates at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method.Results: The overall prevalence of hypertension among the practising advocates was found to be 41% (123). Among the 123 hypertensives, 56 (18.7%) were known hypertensives and 67 (22.3%) were newly detected hypertensives.Conclusions: The cause for hypertension among the advocates may be due to hectic work pressure. Advocates being professionals are well educated and informative. Regular adoption of basic life style modification practices, short vacations, arrangement of health camps in court premises with guidance of bar council association, recruitment of health counsellor in Bar Council Association for health educating and counselling the advocates, regular monitoring of health status by self-care management can control and prevent hypentension.

scholarly journals A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY ON MEDICATION ADHERENCE AND HYPERTENSION

2020 ◽  
pp. 14-16
Author(s):  
Anaiappan Jeyakumar ◽  
Kuberan Deivasigamani ◽  
Praveena P
Keyword(s):  
Medication Adherence ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Communicable Disease ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Target Group ◽  
District Court ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Health Seeking ◽  
Cross Sectional

BACKGROUND: Advocates are exposed to long hours of stressful hectic work schedules and they struggle to cope up with life. This work pressure may predispose to non-communicable disease particularly hypertension. Considering above issues, a study was conducted among this target group. This part of the main study deals with the known hypertensive advocates in the study population and their adherence to anti-hypertensive medications.The objective is to evaluate the medication adherence among known hypertensive advocates practising in Madurai city METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample 300 practising advocates satisfying the study criteria at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method. Among the 300 samples, 56 were known hypertensives. This current study is carried out in 56 known hypertensive advocates to evaluate the level of medication adherence to anti hypertensives using the pre tested structured medication adherence questionnaire and scoring. RESULTS: Among 56 known hypertensive participants, a majority of the known hypertensives, 39(69.6%) adhere to anti-hypertensive medications and remaining 17(30.4%) had no proper adherence to anti-hypertensive medication CONCLUSION: Hypertension being a preventable and treatable disease can be reduced by following the healthy dietary practice and adherence to medications. Health education and motivation by health care professionals to the target group improves the effectiveness of the pharmacotherapy. Advocates being educated group should aim at consistent, sustain, regular health seeking effort to attain optimal medication adherence

scholarly journals Knowledge regarding rabies among school children in an urban area of Kancheepuram district: a cross sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 3178
Author(s):  
Angeline Grace G. ◽  
Gopalakrishnan S. ◽  
Shanthi Edward
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Urban Area ◽  
Knowledge Score ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
School Students ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Adequate Knowledge ◽  
And Control

Background: Out of ten people who die due to rabies, four of them are children. Awareness regarding the disease is important to bring down the rabies mortality among children. This study was planned to assess the knowledge regarding rabies among high school students in an urban area of Kancheepuram district.Methods: This study was a school based cross sectional study done in chrompet, an urban area in Kancheepuram district. All students studying in IX and X standards in a school chosen by simple random sampling method were included in the study. Sample size of 335 was calculated using the formula 4pq/l2 and adjusting for 10% non-response. Data was collected using a pre-tested, structured questionnaire and analysed using SPSS version 22.0. Knowledge score of >50% was taken as “adequate knowledge”.Results: Out of the total 340 respondents, 189 (55.6%) were girls and 151 (44.4%) were boys. Around 23.5% reported having pets at home. Though 97.6% of children were aware that dog is an important reservoir of rabies, only 46% knew that the disease is caused by a virus. About 25.6% had knowledge about other reservoirs of rabies. About 72% knew about prevention through anti-rabies vaccine but only 31.5% were aware of the vaccine availability in government hospitals. Overall adequate knowledge on rabies was noted in 46.2% of respondents.Conclusions: Children’s understanding on the cause of rabies, prevention and control of rabies was inadequate. Health education activities need to be promoted for the school students to improve their level of awareness on rabies.

scholarly journals A cross sectional study to find out the duration of sleep and associated disorder among practicing advocates in Madurai district Tamil Nadu

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 1584
Author(s):  
L. Kannan ◽  
Praveena P
Keyword(s):  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Stress Hormones ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
District Court ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Night Sleep ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Cardio Vascular

Background: Sleep is a essential physiological process for attaining optimal health and wellbeing. Reduced duration of night sleep destructs the body’s ability to regulate stress hormones, raises the blood pressure and cardio vascular risk. The pressure of working in legal field creates stress, sleep deprivation and eventually hypertension. In view of above issues one of the main objectives of the study is to evaluate the relationship between duration of sleep and hypertension among practising advocates.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 300 practising advocates at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method.Results: Around 116 (38.67%) participants had less than 6 hours of night sleep and 184 (61.33%) participants had equal to or more than 6 hours of night sleep. Among participants with night sleep less than 6 hours, a majority of 97 (83.62%) were found to be hypertensives, whereas only 26 (14.13%) participants with night sleep equal to or more than 6 hours were hypertensives (p=0.00, odds ratio-31.02).Conclusions: The study explains that practising advocates with duration of night sleep less than 6 hours (83.62%) have a significant association with hypertension. Advocates experience work related depression, anxiety and stress. Therefore advocates are advised to well plan the work schedules, plan for short vacations and adopt basic life style modifications to prevent hypertension.

scholarly journals Mask-wearing and control of SARS-CoV-2 transmission in the USA: a cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. e148-e157 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin Rader ◽  
Laura F White ◽  
Michael R Burns ◽  
Jack Chen ◽  
Joseph Brilliant ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
The Usa ◽  
And Control

Faktor-Faktor yang Berhubungan dengan Kepatuhan Perawat Rawat Inap dalam Menggunakan Alat Pelindung Diri di RSUD Langsa Tahun 2019

2020 ◽  
pp. 90-99
Author(s):  
Indra Agussamad ◽  
Maya Sari
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
P Value ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

Perawat merupakan petugas kesehatan dengan presentasi terbesar dan memegang peranan penting dalam pemberian pelayanan kesehatan.WHO (2013) mencatat, dari 39,47 juta petugas kesehatan di seluruh dunia, 66,7%-nya adalah perawat. Di Indonesia, perawat juga merupakan bagian terbesar dari tenaga kesehatan yang bertugas di rumah sakit yaitu sekitar 47,08% dan paling banyak berinteraksi dengan pasien. Penelitian ini bersifat analitik dengan desain cross sectional study dengan jumlah sampel 72 perawat dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling,dan penelitian ini secara univariat dan bivariat dengan Chy-Square yang disajikan dalam bentuk tabel. Hasil menunjukkan bahwa terdapat adanya hubungan yang signifikan antara pengetahuan, pengawasan, motivasi, sikap dan ketersediaan alat terhadap kepatuhan perawat rawat inap dalam menggunakan alat pelindung diri dengan(p-value< 0,05).

scholarly journals Is stress an important co morbid factor for hypertension among legal professionals

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1899
Author(s):  
L. Kannan ◽  
Praveena P.
Keyword(s):  
High Stress ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
District Court ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Legal Professionals ◽  
The Difference ◽  
The Right ◽  
Study Participants

Background: Stress is a mental, physical and emotional response to life demands. Long hours of work, client demands, changing laws- creates stress and eventually hypertension among advocates. Well-being of the advocates are being questioned. Hence the main objective of the study is to evaluate the relationship between stress and hypertension among practising advocates.Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in a sample of 300 practising advocates at Madurai district court for a period of 1 year by simple random sampling method.Results: Around 133 (44.33%) and 167 (55.66%) of study participants were in level of high stress and low stress respectively. Among high stressed participants, a majority of 113 (84.96%) were found to be hypertensives and among the low stressed participants only 10 (5.98%) were hypertensives. The difference of observation was found to be statistically significant (p=0.0000).Conclusions: In conclusion the study explains that practising advocates with high perceived stress 113 (84.96%) were found to be hypertensives. Stress has a significant association with hypertension. The right way to manage stress is to implement coping strategies.

scholarly journals LAMA PENGUNAAN KONTRASEPSI PIL DAN SUNTIK PADA WANITA PASANGAN USIA SUBUR DENGAN KEJADIAN HIPERTENSI

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 88-92
Author(s):  
Immawanti Immawanti ◽  
Junaedi Yunding
Keyword(s):  
Random Sampling ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

ABSTRAK Penggunaan metode kontrasepsi hormonal dalam waktu lama dapat menimbulkan efek samping salah satunya adalah peningkatan tekanan darah atau hipertensi. Tujuan penelitian ini untuk mengetahui hubungan lama penggunaan kontrasepsi hormonal jenis pil dan suntik pada wanita pasangan usia subur dengan kejadian hipertensi. Rancangan penelitian ini merupakan survey analitik dengan pendekatan cross sectional study. Sampel sebanyak 67 wanita pasangan usia subur, sampel diperoleh dengan menggunakan teknik simple random sampling. Alat ukur yang digunakan adalah spignomanometer dan lembar kuisioner. Hasil penelitian ini menunjukan ada hubungan lama penggunaan kontrasepsi hormonal pil (p=0,00) dan kontrasepsi hormonal suntik (p=0,01) dengan kejadian hipertensi pada wanita pasangan usia subur. Diharapkan instansi terkait untuk memberikan informasi tentang kelebihan dan kelemahan penggunaan jenis kontrasepsi bagi calon akseptor. Kata Kunci : hipertensi, kontrasepsi pil, kontrasepsi suntik, lama pemakaian

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