The effect of blood pressure measurement in different postures on blood pressure values and anxiety levels in 3rd trimester pregnant women with preeclampsia.
Ayça Demir Yildirim, Şerife Kelle Dikbaş, Tuğba Yilmaz Esencan, Ruken Merve Avşar
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Abstract
This study examines the impact of blood pressure measurement in different postures on diastolic and systolic blood pressure values, as well as anxiety levels, in pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia. The study was conducted between March and June 2024 as a quasi-experimental pretest-posttest study with 96 pregnant women diagnosed with preeclampsia who were hospitalized in the perinatology unit of a training and research hospital. Data were collected using a descriptive information form and the State Anxiety Scale. Among the participants in the study, a statistically significant difference was found between systolic blood pressure measured in the fully seated posture and that measured in the left and right lateral postures (p < 0.001). Regarding diastolic blood pressure, a significant difference was observed among the values measured in the left lateral, right lateral, and semi-Fowler postures (p < 0.001). The left and right lateral postures were found to have a lowering effect on systolic blood pressure. Additionally, a statistically significant difference was detected in the State Anxiety Scale scores of participants before and after blood pressure measurement in the left lateral posture (p < 0.05). In pregnant women with preeclampsia, the left and right lateral postures were found to lower both systolic and diastolic blood pressure compared to the sitting posture. Additionally, the left lateral posture was effective in reducing anxiety levels. Therefore, conducting blood pressure measurements in the left lateral posture in clinical practice may yield more optimal results for pregnant women with preeclampsia.
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Journal of Human Hypertension is published monthly and is of interest to health care professionals who deal with hypertension (specialists, internists, primary care physicians) and public health workers. We believe that our patients benefit from robust scientific data that are based on well conducted clinical trials. We also believe that basic sciences are the foundations on which we build our knowledge of clinical conditions and their management. Towards this end, although we are primarily a clinical based journal, we also welcome suitable basic sciences studies that promote our understanding of human hypertension.
The journal aims to perform the dual role of increasing knowledge in the field of high blood pressure as well as improving the standard of care of patients. The editors will consider for publication all suitable papers dealing directly or indirectly with clinical aspects of hypertension, including but not limited to epidemiology, pathophysiology, therapeutics and basic sciences involving human subjects or tissues. We also consider papers from all specialties such as ophthalmology, cardiology, nephrology, obstetrics and stroke medicine that deal with the various aspects of hypertension and its complications.
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