Relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and blood pressure among school going Blantyre urban adolescents
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2022-04-13
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Type of research study
This is a quantitative study with a cross-sectional study design.
Problem statement
Cardiovascular diseases(CVD) accounts for approximately 17 million deaths annually and high
blood pressure is responsible for at least 45% of deaths due to heart diseases every year. There
are a number of factors that are related to CVD and low cardiorespiratory fitness(CRF) has a
well-known negative influence. Studies concerning blood pressure and CRF are mostly targeted
on the adult population. However, inactivity during early years is associated with CVD in old
age. Until recently there has not been any research done in Malawi evaluating the relationship
between these two variables in adolescents.
Objective
To evaluate the relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness and blood pressure among
adolescents in selected Blantyre urban secondary schools.
Methodology
This study will be conducted in Blantyre urban co-education public secondary schools.
Participants will include Blantyre urban based school-going adolescents of age ranging from 12-
19 years old. Adolescents who are mentally unstable and those with other conditions affecting
CRF for example asthma will be excluded. The calculated sample size is 132 participants with 12
students from each school. The schools include Namiwawa Community Day secondary school
(CDSS), Blantyre secondary school, Limbe CDSS, Chimwankhunda CDSS, Namame CDSS,
Nanjiriri CDSS, Manja CDSS, Soche hill, Bangwe CDSS, Catholic institute CDSS and Chichiri
secondary. Data collection will begin on 25 April up to 23 May.
Expected findings
Malawi being a low income country and considering that our study will be conducted in public
schools, it is expected that the adolescents are more physical active. This is because most of them
walk long distances to school and are involved in cleaning activities around the school for
example sweeping and mopping in classrooms as well as slashing among other activities.
Therefore, we expect an inverse relationship between Cardiorespiratory fitness and blood
pressure among our participants.
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13-Apr-2022
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