European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF BLOOD PRESSURE VALUES BETWEEN SECOND YEAR AND FORTH YEAR STUDENTS OF BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY OPTION, UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT

H. O. Asuzu-Samuel*

ABSTRACT

In Nigeria hypertension is twice as high compared with other East Africa countries and less than 20 per cent of Nigerians are aware that they have the condition. This work investigated the comparative analysis of the blood pressure between the second year and fourth year students of biomedical technology. A total of two hundred students, hundred from each level both male and female were used for this study. A sphygmomanometer was used to measure the blood pressure of each student. Data from completed questionnaires were entered into SPSS version 20.0 and the differences among means were separated by mean standard deviation. The result were then be expressed as mean ±standard error of mean (SEM) with the level of significance set at p<0.05. During exam the year four students had higher systolic (136mmHg), diastolic mmHg, and pulse rate of 63b/m. At the beginning of the semester the blood pressure of females in both level were normal while male counterpart of the year two had elevated blood pressure and pulse rate. The blood pressure was 147mmHg systolic over 100mmHg diastolic and pulse rate of 109b/m. This study concluded an elevated blood pressure in year two male, students of school of science laboratory technology. This study also recorded an elevated pulse rate in the year four male student of biomedical technology which suggests heart problems.

Keywords: Comparative, Blood, Analysis and Pressure.