Hypertension in Elderly and Nursing Care

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dc.contributor.authorUnsar, Serap
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-12T11:00:10Z
dc.date.available2024-06-12T11:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.departmentTrakya Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractToday human life is getting longer by the help of new developments in technology and medicine. 20 % of the European population was 65 years old and older than 65 years by the year 2000. According to last population count in Turkey, 5.6% of the population was 65 years old and older than 65 years in 2000. Hypertension is a community health problem and it's prevelance is increasing with increasing age. According given data, 50 % of the people who are older than 65 years had hypertension. It has been thought that hypertension has responsibility of 50% of mortality and 70 % of morbidity in elderly. Hypertension in elderly is seen as isolated sistolic hypertension, pseudohypertension and white coat hypertension. Hypertension is a severe disease that could be controlled by early diagnosis but also it could lead to ischemic heart diseases and serebrovasculer diseases which had fatal complications when diagnosed lately. A good planning nursing care in elderly hipertensive patients can be helped with shortening convalescence, providing treatment compliance and increasing life quality by providing life style modification. The most common nursing diagnoses are: knowledge deficit related to therapy regimen and disease control process, uncompliance to therapy related to side effects of the prescribed drugs, fluid volume deficit related to diuretic use, changes in tissue perfusion. The main goal of the care is let the patient know the therapy regimen and the disease process, participate the patient to his/her self-care and prevent the complications. In this article; the importance of hypertension in elderly, types of hypertension and nursing care of the hypertensive patient will be discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.endpage149en_US
dc.identifier.issn2147-4923
dc.identifier.issn2147-8686
dc.identifier.issue56en_US
dc.identifier.startpage137en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14551/20722
dc.identifier.volume14en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000409742800012en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/Aen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.language.isotren_US
dc.publisherIstanbul Univ-Cerrahapasaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofFlorence Nightingale Journal Of Nursing-Florence Nightingale Hemsirelik Dergisien_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectElderlyen_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectNursing Careen_US
dc.titleHypertension in Elderly and Nursing Careen_US
dc.typeReview Articleen_US

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