DOI: 10.36347/sjmcr.2021.v09i01.025

Pages: 96-100

This research tool was a questionnaire developed by the researcher and based on the knowledge, attitude and practice of lifestyle modification among hypertensive patients. Though this was a cross-sectional type of descriptive study, it provided vivid information about knowledge, attitude and practice of lifestyle modification which is very much important to the patients. For this study fifty patients were selected, the age of which maximum respondents 48% were in the age group of 21 to 40 years and 52% were minimum age group of 41 to 80 years and 0% were 81 to above years. The weight of the respondents 10% were in the 41-50 kg, 28% were 51-60 kg, 285 were 61-70 kg and 32% were 71 kg- above in total respondents. Among those patients 46% were male and 54% were female and no transgender. About the preventive measures of hypertension, 44% of respondents answered body weight, 40% answered avoid excess salt intake, and 78% regular exercise, 56% avoid smoking and 2% do not know. Know about extra salt intake is harmful to their health- agree 100% and 0% disagree; exessive alcohol intake is increasing their blood pressure level- agree 100% and disagree 0%. The respondents' physical activity is currently do – aerobic workout 0%, running or jogging 12%, walking 68%, and bicycling 22%. Duration of the respondents physical activity- 36% were 15-30 minutes, 44% were 30-45 minutes, 14% were 45-60 minutes and 6% were above 1 hour. About what type of food is avoided- 46% of respondent answered beef, 52% were fatty diet, 46% were cholesterol and 2% were all of the above.