Ps 09-05 Prevalence of Hypertension in Rural India

More, Arun; Kadam, Ranjit; More, Kaanchan; Mittal, Chetan; Bukan, Amol; Patil, Prmod; Gade, Ajay; Neki, N.S.

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“…8 More et al in the year 2016 reported this prevalence to be 29.99% in rural Maharashtra. 9 In the year 2015, in a rural community of West Bengal, prevalence of hypertension and prehypertension was reported to be as high as 52.53%. 10 Age and male gender being established risk factors for hypertension, most of the studies done are focused on elderly population.…”

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A study on risk factors of hypertension among females residing in a rural block of West Bengal

Suman¹,

Paul²,

Pan³

et al. 2018

Int J Community Med Public Health

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INTRODUCTIONIn the 2030 Agenda adopted by United Nations (UN) General Assembly which is basically a plan of action for people, planet and prosperity, reduction of noncommunicable diseases has been prioritized for sustainable development worldwide. In the view of this call to reduce burden by the UN, World Health Organization (WHO) came up with the 25 × 25 target and has committed to reduce premature mortality from NCDs by 25% by the year 2025.1 The leading cause of this premature mortality is cardiovascular diseases (CVD) which also accounts for over half of all correlate deaths.Under the NCD Global Monitoring Framework (NCD-GMF) by WHO, plans to reduce smoking and tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, salt intake, physical inactivity, and elevated blood pressure and glucose levels to reduce the risk of premature mortality from NCDs have been proposed. The framework targets to bring down tobacco use by 30%, harmful alcohol intake by 10%, salt consumption by 30%, prevalence of hypertension by 25%, control of CVD risk factors in at least 50% and stem the rising tide of obesity and diabetes.2 The sustainable development goals (SDGs) laid down by the UN, under Goal 3 and Target 4 aims for a 33% reduction of NCD mortality by 2030, achievement of which will ABSTRACT Background: A systematic review on the prevalence of HTN in India, for studies published between 1969 and July 2011, reported a range between 13.9 to 46.3% and 4.5 to 58.8% in urban and rural areas of India, respectively. Females are more negligent as far as health seeking behaviour is concerned. No study was found to report the status of risk factors of hypertension solely among the female population in this rural community of West Bengal. Thus, this study was undertaken with the purpose to highlight the status of known risk factors of hypertension among adults female population of a rural community of West Bengal. Methods: A community based cross-sectional study with systematic random sampling was conducted among 174 adult women residing in a rural area of West Bengal. Informed consent was obtained from the study participants. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data on various risk factors of hypertension. Analysis was done using SPSS (v 16). Results: Among 174 study participants, 54% were found to be hypertensive at the time of examination. Score according to number of risk factors was calculated and found to range from 2-10, the attainable score being 0-14. Median Systolic and diastolic Blood pressure was found to be more in group of individuals with more score. Conclusions: Modifiable risk factors were found to be present in considerable proportion of the study participants.

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