Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2018

PREVALENCE AND AWARNESS OF HYPERTENSION AMONG GENERAL POPULATION : A RURAL KRISHNA DISTRICT EXPERIENCE

Dr. T V D Sasi Sekhar, Harika Surabattula, Nelakuditi Harsha Sai, Poojitha Mohan Gandrapu

Abstract :

 

Aims &Objectives: The study was conducted in rural population of Andhra Pradesh with an objective :

1. To measure the prevalence of hypertension  and staging it based on ACC/AHA 2017 HYPERTENSION GUIDELINES (13 NOV 2017)

2. To find the relation between Hypertension and various risk factors like age, gender, family history, smoking, alcohol and obesity.

3. To know the awareness of risk factors of Hypertension.

4. To know awareness of complications of Hypertension.

5. To know the awareness of treatment and control measures of Hypertension.

METHODOLOGY

STUDY DESIGN:A community based cross–sectional study on Hypertension prevalence and awareness.

STUDY AREA  :In VELERU Village, Rural Krishna district , Andhra Pradesh through house to house visits from May 2016 to September 2017.

STUDY PARTICIPANTS: Adult population of veleru village aged above 30years.

SAMPLE SIZE =1200  (Male=600;Female=600) , The data was entered and anaylsed using MS Excel 2007 software.

Results:  In the 1200 population  , the prevalence of hypertension is about 132 (12.5%).Only 15.2% of all study subjects were aware of their own blood pressure readings with no male–female difference.

 Majority of patients are illiterate 69.8% (838) .Even among hypertensives, only 35% were aware of their blood pressure readings.

Nearly 58.75% (705)of the study subjects had no knowledge about complications of hypertension.

About 80.25%(963) of the study subjects were ignorant about the risk factors of hypertension. Regarding hypertension control/treatment, 69.8%(838) of study subjects were unaware.

Conclusion:

 Hypertension awareness among this study population was very poor even among the hypertensives leading to a

high risk of cereovascular accidents and coronary heart diseases and many other complications.

Through this study we identified areas of importance that need to be considered by awareness programs.

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Dr. T V D SASI SEKHAR, HARIKA SURABATTULA, NELAKUDITI HARSHA SAI, POOJITHA MOHAN GANDRAPU, PREVALENCE AND AWARNESS OF HYPERTENSION AMONG GENERAL POPULATION : A RURAL KRISHNA DISTRICT EXPERIENCE, PARIPEX‾INDIAN JOURNAL OF RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-1 | January-2018

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