Effectiveness of Drumstick Leaves Tea upon the Level of Blood Pressure among the Hypertensive Clients in Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital

BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY Hypertension is a silent killer. People with Hypertension remain unaware of their diagnosis, and of those who are aware, only a minority are treated and have their Hypertension successfully controlled. OBJECTIVES: To assess the pretest level of blood pressure among the hypertensive clients before administration of drumstick leaves tea .To assess the posttest level of blood pressure among the hypertensive clients after administration of drumstick leaves tea. To compare the pretest and posttest level of blood pressure among the hypertensive clients after administration of drumstick leaves tea. To find out the association between the level of blood pressure and selected demographic, clinical variables METHODOLOGY: Research design was pre experimental design one group pretest, posttest design was adopted for the study in Sree Balaji Medical College &Hospital , Chennai. Sample size of 40 hypertensive clients were selected by nonprobability purposive sampling technique. RESULT: In pretest majority of the hypertensive clients Out of 40 samples 29(72.5%) were belongs to mild level of hypertension. 11(27.5%) were having moderate hypertension before administration of drumstick leaves tea. In posttest After administration of drumstick leaves tea over a period of 2 weeks Out of 40 samples 26(65%) were having normal blood pressure ,14(35%) belongs to mild level of hypertension CONCLUSION: The study reveals that drumstick leaves tea was effective in reducing the level of blood pressure among hypertensive clients. The difference was found to be statistically significant p<0.001 level which indicates the effectiveness of drumstick leaves tea in reducing the level.