Study on Administration of Non-phachologic Intervention in the Control of Hypertension among Selected Volunteer Retirees in Awka Metropolis Anambra State Nigeria

High blood pressure under medical palance is associated with a variety of circulatory diseases, and it
has been estimated that over 12% of all deaths in the world is directly or remotely connected with
hypertension. It is said that one out of every five persons, can expect to have high blood pressure at
one time or the other, during one’s life time. Based on hemodynamic equation, the mean arterial
pressure is equal to cardiac out-put, times resistance (p means = Q x R). Hence hypertension is
usually as a result of either an increased cardiac output and/or an increased resistance. The most
common form of high blood pressure in humans is called “essential hypertension”, while is said to
have no known cause. However this research aims at showing how a 12-week moderate exercise
with bicycle egometer (i.e use of non-pharmacologic approach to reduce the resting heart rate and
blood pressure of 6 volunteer retired civil servants from Anambra state civil service and 6 retired
academic staff of Nnamdi Azikiwe university in Awka. The paired T-test analysis of data obtained
revealed a statistical significant effect of the moderate 12-week exercise on bicycle egometer, on the
resting heart rate and blood pressure of the experimental group of the respondents. Hence it could be
concluded that the administration of moderate exercise on bicycle egometer could be an effective use
of non-pharmacologic intervention in the control and prevention of high blood pressure or
hypertension among the elderly.