Prevalence of Hypertension among Adults Residing In Urban Slums of Ramnagar, Belgaum City-A Cross-Sectional Study

Das, Om Prakash; Naik, Vijaya A.; Narasannavar, Ashwini; Sah, Ram Kumar

doi:10.9790/0853-1353102104

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“…18 Das OP et al found that prevalence of hypertension was significantly associated with diet habit. 19 In present study the teachers who lived in joint family was having higher risk of developing Hypertension and showing significant statistical values (p=0.022). In joint family there is a double responsibility of house hold work, house tension, work tension and all this factors signifies high prevalence of HTN and DM among joint families.…”

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A cross sectional study of epidemiological determinants correlated with prevalence of hypertension among municipal school teachers located in suburban area

Vyas

Bhate

Bawa

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: Hypertension is a major long-term health condition and is the leading cause of premature deaths among persons experiencing sedentary urban life style behaviors such as high calorie diet, lack of physical exercise and job stress. The objectives of the present study was to determine prevalence & various risk factors of hypertension among municipal school teachers in an urban slum. Methods:The study area was a field practice area of tertiary care hospital in a metropolitan city. Municipal school teachers from suburban slums were the study participants. Teachers above 35 years of age and want to participate in study were included. The total sample size obtained was 220.Results: 40% of the teachers were belonged to 35-40 years of age group. 70.9% of the study participants were women. Among 220 teachers 36.4% were having normal blood pressure. 43.6% teachers were in the pre- hypertension stage, while 14.5% and 5.5% were in stage- 1 and stage- 2 hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was 20%. In present study it was found that as the age advances chances of contracting hypertension also increases [P=0.006]. Statistically significant relation between obesity and hypertension is seen [P=0.007]. There was a significant relation between physical activity and prevalence of hypertension [P = 0.021].Conclusions:Increasing age, obesity and sedentary lifestyle are proportionally related to the development of hypertension which was statistically significant.

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A cross sectional study of epidemiological determinants correlated with prevalence of hypertension among municipal school teachers located in suburban area

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Bawa

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…12 Other studies support these findings. 16,[18][19] The prevalence of hypertension in this study was slightly higher in males (26.61%) as compared to females (25.07%). However, this difference was not statistically significant which is in coherence with Kashyap et al 18 Maximum number of participants in this community belonged to the upper lower class, followed by the lower class of socioeconomic status.…”

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“…16,[18][19] The prevalence of hypertension in this study was slightly higher in males (26.61%) as compared to females (25.07%). However, this difference was not statistically significant which is in coherence with Kashyap et al 18 Maximum number of participants in this community belonged to the upper lower class, followed by the lower class of socioeconomic status. There was a significant association between socioeconomic status and hypertension, however, more risk was observed in the lower socio-economic class as compared to the higher socioeconomic group.…”

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Period prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in an urban slum of Maharashtra

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Tambe

Rao

et al. 2019

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: One in three adults worldwide has high blood pressure and proportion increases with age. Detecting high blood pressure is easy. Hence a study for prevalence of hypertension was conducted in an urban slum of Pune, Maharashtra.Methods: The study was conducted in an urban slum field practice area exclusively under the community medicine department of a tertiary care hospital during the period of February 2014- July 2014. Overall 1043 people fulfilling the inclusion and exclusion criteria were interviewed, and anthropometric measurements were taken, followed by blood pressure readings and awareness of own hypertensive status. Data was compiled, edited, classified, and analyzed. The prevalence of hypertensive patients was obtained and physical and behavioral risk factors were analyzed for association.Results: The prevalence of hypertension in adults above 18 years of age was 25.6% with mean age of hypertensive patients was 48.58±15.75 yrs. Hypertension was significantly associated with age, habit of adding extra salt to cooked food, family history, BMI and consumption of smokeless form of tobacco among the study participants. Hypertension was not significantly associated with gender and religion of the participants. Of the 267 hypertensives, 40.82% were aware of their hypertensive status and amongst those aware 61.46% were on anti-hypertensives.Conclusions: Hypertension is a public health problem affecting slum population as well. It is significantly associated with risk factors, which are modifiable. The awareness of hypertensive status is low, the under treatment is lower. The population in slum, with its poor literacy, low awareness and income levels provides an opportunity to make an intervention necessary as well as challenging.

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“…14 Studies carried out in slums have also reported the prevalence of hypertension as high as 14 to 26%. [15][16][17] In view of the above facts, the present study has been carried out to determine the prevalence of hypertension and factors associated with it in urban slums of Rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh.…”

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Hypertension among adults in urban slums, a cross-sectional study in rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

K.M¹,

Sulakhe²,

Rao³

2019

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Introduction: Hypertension is becoming an increasingly common health problem worldwide. Hypertension is becoming a public health emergency worldwide, especially in developing countries. Aims and Objectives: To estimate the prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 20 years and above in the urban slums of Rajamahendravaram and to determine the risk factors associated with it. Materials and Methods: Community based Cross-sectional study conducted among adults in urban slums of Rajamahendravaram for six months from July 2018 to December 2018. Results: The study included 158 (47.9%) Males and 172(52.1%) Females. The prevalence of hypertension is 96(29.09%) with higher prevalence among women 51 (29.65%) than in men 45(28.48%). Hypertension was most commonly seen in the age group of 40 -49 years (55.17%) with statistically significant association between hypertension and increasing age (p=0.000). Hypertension was common in people of lower middle class (48%, p=0.0005). Also, people who used palm oil (100%, p=0.0000), common salt >1000 g/month (69.23%, p=0.000), Tobacco users (45.07%, p=0.000), diabetics (41%,p=0.000), obese (59.38%, p=0.000) and people with abdominal obesity (37.20%, p=0.001) showed higher prevalence of hypertension. Conclusions:The observed high prevalence of hypertension in this study and other studies reiterate the importance of hypertension as a public health problem. It's time to emphasize strict implementation of comprehensive national policy to control hypertension.

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Prevalence of Hypertension among Adults Residing In Urban Slums of Ramnagar, Belgaum City-A Cross-Sectional Study

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A cross sectional study of epidemiological determinants correlated with prevalence of hypertension among municipal school teachers located in suburban area

A cross sectional study of epidemiological determinants correlated with prevalence of hypertension among municipal school teachers located in suburban area

Period prevalence of hypertension and risk factors in an urban slum of Maharashtra

Hypertension among adults in urban slums, a cross-sectional study in rajamahendravaram, Andhra Pradesh, India

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