Effects of Holdirg Breath on Blood - Angeles

HOLYAhIGET UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOT OF NURSING

First Trimester School Year 2Al2 - ²⁰¹³

Effects of Holdirg Breath on Blood

Pressure

A

sPECr,Ar PROIECT

Presented to the Graduate School Holy Angel University

In Partial Fulfillment

of the Requirements for the Degree Master of Science in Nuning Major in Adult Health Nursing

By,

IAN r\dALE C. QIUTAMBAO

rIOLY ANGN [, UNf V[:RSII'Y

Effects of Holditg Breath on Blood Pressure

Jan Male C. Q3riambao

Abstract

fire

striiidards

for

ntrrsing practiee have been developed

to

provide guidelines on how to perform nursing procedures the proper way. One

of the

most

crucial

parts

of

rendering care

to a

patient

is to

obtain baseline information

ftom

a certirin patient. There iue a

lot

of riursing and medical related references about the proper way to measure blood pressure; however, there is

no information

that provides the effect

of

holding breath during blood ptessire measirements. Tlius, the purpose

of this

study

is to

add evidence and

to filI in

a

g p of

knowledge

in relation to the

standards

of nursing

practice,

with

^regards

to

blssd pressure me:rsurement. Specifically

it

^aims

^to

provide information on

the effects of holdi.g breath to blood

pressure.

A (transilxlivs

approach was

utilized in the study that

employed

an

experimental design.

A

purposive sample of was done

to

obtain 4O individuals from

the

eoilege

of Our

Lady

of Mt.

Carmel as panicipants

in

this study.

Paired sample t-test was used

in

the hypothesis testing.

In

accordance

with the

statistical computation,

the study

showed

that there is

^a

signfficant

shenge

in the systolic blood

pressure

and there is

no significant cha.ge

in the

diastolic blood pressure when fus]ding one's breath during blood pressure taking.

Keywor&: Holding breath, vital signs taking, blood

pressure measurement, nursing