Prevalence of orthostatic hypotension among the sci patient attend in crp

Abstract

Purpose: To identify the prevalence of orthostatic hypotension among the spinal cord injury patients at CRP. Objectives: The objectives of the study were to find out the information about the sociodemography and orthostatic hypotension, calculate the number of patients with orthostatic hypotension in per hundred SCI patients. Methodology: A cross sectional design was carried out in this study; purposive sampling technique was used to collect the data from 50 participants among the SCI patients at CRP. A questionnaire was used to collect data and data was collected by face to face interview. Data were numerically coded and captured by using an SPSS 20.0 version software program and descriptive spastics was used for data analysis which focus to table, pie chart and bar chart. Results: The findings of the study provided a baseline of information prevalence of orthostatic hypotension among the spinal cord injury patients at CRP. The finding of the study was that 60% SCI patients were suffered from orthostatic hypotension at CRP. Most of the patients have poor socioeconomic status and low literacy rate. Orthostatic hypotension most commonly occurs in cervical 56.7%. Conclusion: The prevalence of orthostatic hypotension among the spinal cord injury patients at CRP was 60%. These results provide background information that may be useful in giving more attention to design the best-practice protocols for prevention and treatment of orthostatic hypotension, thereby reducing their prevalence. Key words: Spinal cord injury (SCI), orthostatic hypotension, Blood pressure, Tetraplegia, Paraplegia.