Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi, India
Research
To Check the Knowledge of Hypertension Amongst Undergraduate Physiotherapy Students
Author(s): Radha Parekh*
Aim: To check the knowledge of hypertension amongst undergraduate physiotherapy students.
Background: Hypertension is considered to be a serious medical condition that significantly increases the risk of heart, brain, kidney and other diseases. It is also called the “silent killer”. Sedentary lifestyle, obesity, excessive salt intake, consumption of tobacco are risk factors of hypertension. Hypertension is present in the curriculum of the 4 year long bachelor of physiotherapy course where main emphasis on this topic is usually in the last year of the course.
Case description: 125 students filled a hypertension knowledge assessment questionnaire. The mean result obtained was 12.8 from an 18 point questionnaire.
Conclusion: The study concludes that there is moderate knowledge of hyper.. Read More»
DOI:
10.37421/2167-1095.2021.10.289
Journal of Hypertension: Open Access received 614 citations as per Google Scholar report