Abstract
INTRODUCTION: Normal blood pressure has a certain normal range and therefore it is common to see
people having blood pressure towards lower range but considering it as “low blood pressure”. Among
these majority of the people including medical students consider “low blood pressure” as a disease
which once diagnosed, needs to be treated.
OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study is to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of medical students
towards low blood pressure.
METHODOLOGY: This cross-sectional study was conducted by recruiting medical students (MBBS) of
Dow Medical College, Civil Hospital Karachi during October 2016 to February 2017. A total of 306
students from first year to final year were approached through after an informed consent and
questionnaire regarding the symptoms of low blood pressure were noted. The students were divided
equally into pre-clinical (1st and 2nd year students) and clinical (3rd , 4th and 5th year) groups to assess
difference in between their knowledge based on their clinical exposure. Every participant underwent
blood pressure measurement regardless of the symptoms. Results were compared and analyzed using
SPSS software version 16.0.
RESULTS: 171 (n=100 from clinical and n=71 from pre-clinical group) students out of a total of 306
participants do not consider low blood pressure a disease. They also believe that low blood pressure
among healthy people neither presents with any symptoms nor requires any treatment.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded by our study that most of the students enrolled in a medical college
believe that low blood pressure is a normal entity for a person which doesn’t require any intervention.
Pooja Deepak, Khalid Imran, Aqsa Saleem, Naresh Kumar Seetlani, Daniyal Mirza, Arun Kumar Bhojwani, Jaish Kumar. (2017) Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Medical Students towards Low Blood Pressure Syndrome, Journal of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Volume-16, Issue-3.
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