Managing Hypertension among the Elderly in Old Age Homes of Gurgaon & Delhi: Effect of Planned Teaching Programme

The study was done among hypertensive elderly people staying in selected old age home of Gurgaon and Delhi. Convenient sampling was used to select the old age home and purposive sampling technique was used to select the sample of 30 hypertensive elderly people for assessing the management of hypertension among hypertensive elderly people. Further, 30 hypertensive elderly people had been evaluated for finding the effectiveness of planned teaching programme in terms of knowledge and attitude towards management of hypertension among hypertensive elderly people. There was deficit in knowledge and a lack of positive attitude regarding management of hypertension among hypertensive elderly people. The mean post-test knowledge scores and attitude scores were 27.5 and 71.2 respectively, which were significantly higher than the mean pre-test knowledge scores and attitude scores (23.6 and 67.3) as evident from ‘t’ values of 24.07 and 23.07 respectively for df (29) at 0.05 level of significance. The findings of the study revealed that the planned teaching programme was effective in increasing the knowledge and developing a positive attitude of hypertensive elderly people in management of hypertension.