abstract
Hypertension is a one of the non-communicable disease highly prevalent at globally. A study to assess the knowledge on management of hypertension among the fishermen living in Cuddalore district. Multi stage random sampling technique was used to select 60 samples for interventional and 60 for control group from villages where fishermen with hypertension assessed knowledge by using structured interview questionnaire. In the interventional group mean knowledge score was 8.02 with SD of 1.97 in pretest. After the educational intervention the subjects mean knowledge score was 11.17 with SD of 3.58 in post test I, 12.38 with SD of 3.57 in post test II and the subjects had increased the mean knowledge score 14.05 with SD of 2.19 in post test III. Therefore, it was evident that the educational intervention was effective in increasing the mean knowledge score in the interventional group than in control group.