Nurses- Led Interventions: Effect of Alkaline-Based Diet on Blood Pressure, Lipid Profile and Weight among Patients with Hypertension | ||||
| Egyptian Journal of Health Care | ||||
| Article 1, Volume 12, Issue 4, December 2021, Page 1-14 PDF (245.74 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhc.2021.194210 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| Amina I. Badawy1; Mai Abd-Alkhalik Gharib2; Hytham R. Badr3; Abeer El Said Hassan El Sol* 1 | ||||
| 1Assistant Professor of Medical-Surgical Nursing, Faculty of Nursing, Menoufia University, Egypt. | ||||
| 2Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Food Sciences, College of Home Economics, Menoufia University, Egypt | ||||
| 3Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Menoufia University, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Nurses are qualified to provide effective nursing interventions in management of hypertensive patients and lower risk of cardiovascular disease; nurses-led interventions for hypertensive patients are measuring and monitoring blood pressure (BP); educate patients about importance of performing physical exercises, and select healthy diet as alkaline based diet. Eating more alkaline diet has many advantages as lowering blood pressure, lipid profile as cholesterol so improving cardiovascular health, moreover reducing body weight. The aim of the study: to examine the effect nurses- led interventions as intake alkaline-based diet on blood pressure, lipid profile and weight among patients with hypertension. Design: Quasi Experimental design. Setting: Medical outpatient clinic of Menoufia University Hospital, Egypt. Subject: Purposive samples of 100 hypertensive patients, they fulfill the inclusion criteria, 50 patients in each group (study and control). Tools: Three tools used to collect the current data; as follows: The tool (I): Interview questionnaire; Tool (II): Questionnaire for Alkaline – Based Diet. Tool (III): Physiological measurement. Results: the present results documented that; a highly significant difference was found between the two groups post intervention in relation to knowledge levels; blood pressure of the study group was lower than those of the control group after following the alkaline diet and water; also highly statistically significant differences were found between study and control groups at all measurements during post intervention in weight and all lipid profile variables except at the 3rd measurement. Conclusion: consumption of alkaline diet and water had a good effect in reducing arterial blood pressure, body weight and blood lipids. Recommendation: replicate the study on large sample and establishing periodical alkaline diet programs with planned meals for hypertension, overweight and high blood lipids patients with continuous follow up. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Nursing Interventions; Alkaline Diet; Hypertension; Lipid profile; Weight | ||||
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