Effectiveness of beetroot juice on blood pressure among hypertensive clients

Abstract

Blood pressure is the blood pushing against the walls of arteries. In worldwide, 1.13 billion people have hypertension. Hypertension is the major health problem throughout the world. Hypertension has identified and unidentified cause.Objectives: The present study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of beetroot juice on blood pressure level among hypertensive clients. Methodology: Quasi experimental non randomized control design was used. 60 samples were selected by purposive sampling technique with 30 samples in each group. A self-structured questionnaire method was used to collect the data. The data were tabulated and analyzed by descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The finding of the study reveals that 13.34% (4) has normal level of blood pressure, 43.3% (13) has SBP 120-139mmHg and DSB 80-99mmHg level of blood pressure and 43.3% (13) has SBP above 140 mmHg and DSB above 90mmHg of blood pressure level. It is found to be statistically significant (p = 0.001).