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Effects of crossing legs on Blood Pressure Measurement
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The article Effects of crossing legs on Blood Pressure Measurement by Keele-Smith & Price-Daniel (2001) is summarised and critically examined in terms of usefulness of the findings to inform my nursing practice in New Zealand. The critical framework used was Criteria for evaluating experimental and quasi-experimental designs from Schneider, Elloit, Lo Bondo-Wood & Waber. The study was undertaken by Rebecca Keele-Smith, New Mexico Sate University and Le Cilla Price-Daniel MAJ Army nurse corps at two senior citizen centres, New Mexico City prior to The purpose of the study was to determine if blood pressure measurement is affected by the leg crossed at the knee as compared with feet flat on the floor. (Keele-Smith, & Price-Daniel, 2001). The study design was an experimental design. A non-directional hypothesis rather than a research question was used in this study. The hypothesis stated that participants’ blood pressure measurement would be higher with legs crossed rather than uncrossed. The hypothesis was stated in research form and is testable. Keele-Smith, & Price-Daniel used convinced sampling as a method. The sample was obtained Participants for the study were senior citizens attending activities at two local senior citizen centres' in New Mexico study. They were recruited by word of mouth and information flyers at local senior centres. Participants could be normotensive or hypertensive. Participants were excluded if they were taking antihypertensives and had not taken there medication the day of the data collection or have had the diagnosis of peripheral vascular disease, had lower leg amputations or surgery within the past 2 weeks.
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