Effects of Home-Based Moderate Exercise on Blood Pressure Reduction in Women with Hypertension

Name: Anongnat Jeennu

Email : janongnat@hotmail.com

Name: Jom Suwanno

Name: Tassri Samianphet

Name: and Manit Pollar

keyword: Hypertension

; chronic disease

; women health

; exercise

Abstract: Hypertension is an obvious risk leading to cardiovascular diseases. Although moderate exercise has been found to be effective in blood pressure reduction, hypertensive women perform less exercise. This quasi-experimental study was used to measure the outcome of home-based moderate exercise in women with hypertension. The participants for this study were 40 women with stage1 hypertension who were randomly assigned into an exercise group (n = 20) and a control group(n = 20). Moderate intensity was determined by a target of 60-79% maximal heart rate. The exercise group performed home-based moderate exercise for three times per week, with the duration of 30 minutes each, for six weeks. The types of exercise adopted by the participants included brisk walking, jogging, or bicycling. Data were analyzed by percentage, mean, standard deviation, Chi-square, independent t-test, paired t-test, one-way repeated measures analysis of variance and repeated one-way ANOVA. The results revealed that systolic blood pressure of the exercise group was significantly reduced in second, third 4th, 5th and 6th weeks, compared to baseline (F =15.138, p < 0.001) as similar to diastolic blood pressure (F = 8.295, p < 0.001), whereas systolic and diastolic blood pressure of the control group were not reduced (p > 0.05). Systolic blood pressure of the exercise group was significantly lower than that of the control group at 6th week (t = 8.594, p < 0.01) as similar to diastolic blood pressure (t = 5.194, p < 0.05). The findings of this study indicate that moderate exercise is an effective tool to reduce blood pressure in the women with tage 1 hypertension. Moderate exercise should be included in the guidelines in order to control and reduce the risk of hypertension in rural women with hypertension.

WALAILAK UNIVERSITY. CENTER FOR LIBRARY RESOURCES AND EDUCATIONAL MEDIA

Address: NAKON SI THAMMARAT

Email: clm@wu.ac.th

Created: 2554-10-07

Modified: 2016-06-14

Issued: 2554-10-07

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