Abstract：Objective To investigate the effects of abdominal bandage on the prevention of postprandial hypotension in elderly patients.Methods Inpatients admitted to the Department of Cardiology of the First Medical Center of Chinese PLA General Hospital from March 2020 to March 2021 were continuously selected, and their blood pressures before and after meals were monitored after admission. After finding that they met the PPH diagnostic criteria, they were included in the group, and 80 patients were included. All patients were randomly assigned to control group (40 patients) and abdominal bandage intervention group (40 patients). The patients in control group were treated with routine intervention, while the patients in the abdominal bandage intervention group were treated with abdominal bandage 30 minutes before the meals. The systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, life quality score and satisfaction of intervention of both groups were recorded.Results The incidence of postprandial hypotension of abdominal bandage intervention group (21.94%) was significantly lower than that of the control group (79.44%), the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P＜0.05). Compared with control group, the total satisfaction of the intervention group(97.50%) was significantly higher (87.50%), the difference between the two groups was statistically significant (P＜0.05).The physiological function, physical pain, general health, energy, social function, emotional function and mental health scores of abdominal bandage intervention group were higher than the control group (P<0.001).Conclusions The treatment of pressurized abdominal bandage before meals has certain significant beneficial effects on postprandial hypotension in elderly patients, which can significantly reduce the incidence of postprandial hypotension, and improve the quality of life and satisfaction in elderly patients.
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