Abstract: The main aim of the study was to assess the effectiveness of educational intervention and garlic soaked with honey among fishermen with primary hypertension. Multistage random sampling technique was used to select 60 samples for interventional group and 60 for control group from villages where fishermen at Cuddalore district. During the intervention garlic soaked with honey 10 grams given daily in the morning after breakfast orally for 8 weeks and health education given after pretest. Most of the subjects 43.33% in interventional group and 48.33% in control group between the age group of 46 to 59 years. The mean systolic blood pressure in the interventional group was 145.05 ±16.03SD during the pretest and after intervention it was reduced into 139.52 ±12.45 SD in post....
Key Words: Systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, garlic soaked with honey, lipid profile
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