In this assignment, students will pull together the change proposal project components they have been working on throughout the course to create a proposal inclusive of sections for each content focus

Hypertension

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Date: 12/09/2018

thank you for your submission. I noted a few issues in your paper. Please review APA format (see comments in paper) and your PICOT statement (see individual forum) before next paper. Keep up the progress! – Mrs. Guzman

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Introduction

Hypertension, also called high blood pressure, refers to a long-term condition where blood pressure in the arteries is elevated persistently. It is simply a significant increase in blood pressure of the arteries. Many individuals with hypertension may not experience or show any symptoms even when their blood pressure is significantly high. Few might, however, experience dizziness, headaches, and irregular heartbeats and so on. However, long-term hypertension is a major risk factor for heart failure, coronary artery disease, chronic kidney disease, stroke, dementia, vision loss among other health conditions. Numerous factors affect hypertension such as kidney health, salt intake and hormone levels. The risk of hypertension increases with diabetes, obesity, high-stress levels, high salt intake, tobacco use, and high alcohol intake . This paper compares research questions, sample populations and limitation of the study of the PICOT statement assignment and Literature Evaluation Table.

A comparison of research questions

A Comparison of Research Questions

The research question for PICOT Statement Paper is “what are the effects of hypertension? What is the population affected by hypertension, intervention which is acquiring advice about the best meals, the comparison with other diseases, outcomes of the findings?” For the Literature Evaluation Table, each peer-reviewed article has its own research question. However, the research questions researched about hypertension, population affected and intervention strategies for the medical condition (Mills, 2016) . The peer-reviewed articles also focused on hypertension cases in Long-term Rehabilitation Center where I have directed my project.

A comparison of sample populations

The population that is mostly affected with hypertension are male adults between the ages of 40 and 70 with hypertension, and with different diseases, that shows alteration in lifestyle for instance encouraging routinely in practice and taking in more advantageous and sufficient dinners, appeared differently in relation to patients who use solution to treat/manage their high blood pressure, assist to manage their heartbeat and lessen the threat of making cardiovascular sicknesses in their recovery time inside a half year (Howes, 2013). According to the peer-reviewed articles in the Literature Evaluation Table, hypertension affects at least 970 million people. The number is estimated to rise to 1.56 billion by 2025. The most affected people are 40 years old and above (Sun, 2015). However, children and youths are also affected but not as much as those with 40 years and above.

The elderly are more affected by hypertension. Aging is an inevitable process. The prevalence of hypertension increases with age just like the incidence of illnesses related to hypertension. Older people are more likely to have hypertension than young people (Mills, 2016). Other factors that increase the risk of hypertension are rapid urbanization, agrarian life, and city life among others.

A comparison of the limitations of the study

The limitation of the PICOT statement is that it does not address all possible intervention for hypertension. It only addresses medication as the only intervention for hypertension. It did not address other essential interventions such as eating healthy and balanced diets, doing regular physical exercise, changing lifestyles among others (Howes, 2013). Another limitation is that it did not address the risk factors that cause hypertension. This could be helpful to equip people with knowledge and work on the highlighted to be on the safer side. The limitation of the study in the Literature Evaluation Table is that the peer-reviewed articles did not address the prevalence and incidence of hypertension . The peer-reviewed articles addressed causes, risk factors, signs and symptoms of related diseases hypertension among the elderly and nursing interventions (Mills, 2016). Another limitation is that the peer-reviewed articles do not provide guidelines of evidence-based practice as a way of dealing with hypertension.

Conclusion

This literature review compares and analyzes my two previous studies regarding research questions, sample populations and limitation of the studies. The literature review provides a basic summary of my project regarding hypertension’s prevalence and incidence . However, my project is based on a long-term rehabilitation center where there are many patients with hypertension especially the elderly. For further research, I would recommend researchers to focus more on prevention and intervention strategies for hypertension because this will assist both those who have and without hypertension . Those with hypertension will follow the intervention strategies recommended. Those without hypertension will focus more on the risk factors and prevention strategies recommended by researchers through. I would also encourage them to provide evidence-based practice required to deal with intervention. The current or most updated evidence enable healthcare providers to provide patients with the best interventions and medication based on research. This is currently the best practice in nursing practice. Many healthcare providers are using evidence-based practice to provide accurate care to patients.

References

Howes, F. W. (2013). Barriers to lifestyle risk factor assessment and management in hypertension: A qualitative study of Australian general practitioners. Journal of Human Hypertension, 27, 474-478.

Mills, K. T. (2016). Global Disparities of Hypertension Prevalence and ControlClinical Perspective: A Systematic Analysis of Population-Based Studies From 90 Countries. Circulation, 134(6), 441-450.

Sun, Z. (2015). Aging, arterial stiffness, and hypertension. Hypertension, 65(2), 252-256.