Prevalence & Correlates of Hypertension in a Rural Area of Haryana

Title: Prevalence & Correlates of Hypertension in a Rural Area of Haryana

Authors: Sumit Chawla, Anand Kumar Sharma, Bharti

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v4i8.78

Abstract

References

Corresponding Author

Abstract

Background: Hypertension accounts for 75% of chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs). Raised blood pressure is estimated to cause 7.5 million deaths, which is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

Aims & objectives: To determine the prevalence & correlates of hypertension among the rural community of block Beri, district Jhajjar, Haryana.

Methods: This cross-sectional study was carried out during the period of September 2012 to August 2013. Multistage random sampling was used in this study. 1080 individuals of 15-64 years age group who were further subdivided into five subgroups (15-24, 25-34, 35-44, 45-54 and 55-64 years)taking 90 individuals from each anganwadi area were selected and interviewed. Appropriate statistical tests were used for analysis.

Results: In our study the prevalence of hypertensionwas found to be 22.9% hypertension (M:27.6%; F:18.1%).

Conclusion: Our study confirmed the high burden of hypertension in rural areas and reiterated the need to address these issues comprehensively as a part of NCD prevention and control strategy.

Keywords: Hypertension, NCD, Rural

References

1. World Health Organization. WHO global status report on noncommunicable diseases. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2011.

Available from: http://www.who.int/n-mh/publications/ncd_report_full_en.pdf

2. Gaziano TA, Bitton A, Anand S, Gessel SA, Murphy A. Growing Epidemic of Coronary Heart Disease in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. Curr Probl Cardiol 2010;35:72–115.

3. World Health Organization. WHO media centre. Geneva: World Health Organizati-on; 2013. Available from: www.who.int/-mediacentre/factsheets/fs310/en/index2.html.

4. World Health Organization. Action plan for the global strategy for the prevention and control of NCDs, 2008-2013. Executive summary. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2012.

Available from: http://www.who.int/nmh-/publications/ncd_report_full_en.pdf.W

5. Bhardwaj SD, Shwete MK, Bhatkule PR, Khadse JR. Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable disease in a rural area of Nagpur district, Maharashtra – A WHO STEP wise approach. Int J Biol Med Res 2012;3:1413-8.

6. Subburam R, Sankarapandian M, Gopinath DR, Selvarajan SK, Kabilan L. Prevalence of hypertension and correlates among adults of 45-60 years in a rural area of Tamil Nadu. Indian J Public Health 2009;53:37-40.

7. Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res 2010;131:53-63.

8. Bodhare TN, Venkatesh K, Bele S, Kashiram G, Devi S, Vivekanand A. Behavioural Risk Factors for Non Communicable Disease among Rural Adults in Andra Pradesh. Natl J Community Med 2013;4:439-42.

9. Chow C, Cardona M, Raju PK, Iyengar S, Sukumar A, Raju R, et al. Cardiovascular disease and risk factors among 345 adults in rural India - the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Cardiol 2007;116:180-5.

10. Saxena V, Kandpal SD, Goel D, Bansal S. Prevalence of risk factors on noncommunicable diseases in rural population of block Doiwala, Dehradun. Indian Journal of Community Health 2011;23:65-8.

11. Kokiwar PR, Gupta SS, Durge PM. Prevalence of hypertension in a rural community of central India. J Assoc Physicians India 2012;60:26-9.

12. Krishnan A, Shah B, Lal V, Shukla DK, Paul E, Kapoor SK. Prevalence of risk factors for non-communicable diseases in a rural area of Faridabad district of Haryana. Indian J Public Health 2008;52:117-24.

13. Thankappan KR, Shah B, Mathur P, Sarma PS, Srinivas G, Mini GK, et al. Risk factor profile for chronic non-communicable diseases: results of a community-based study in Kerala, India. Indian J Med Res 2010;131:53-63.

14. Integrated Disease Surveillance Project. Non-communicable disease risk factors survey Phase-1. Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India2007-08. New Delhi:MoHFW; 2009. Available from: http://www.icmr.nic.in-/final/IDSP-NCD%20Reports/Phase-1%20States%20of%20India.pdf.

15. Kinra S, Bowen LJ, Lyngdoh T, Prabhakaran D, Reddy KS, Ramakrishnan L, et al. Sociodemographic patterning of non-communicable disease risk factors in rural India: a cross sectional study. BMJ 2010;341:c4974. doi:10.1136/bmj.c4974

Call For Paper Volume 12 Issue 12 December 2024

The JMSCR is accepting manuscripts for its coming issues to be Publish Volume 12 Issue 12 December 2024 the JMSCR invites authors to submit manuscripts Reporting original medical research, original article, research article, case report, systematic reviews, or educational Innovations for publication for the coming issues that will be released in Volume 12 Issue 12 December 2024. Types of manuscripts suitable for JMSCR include: Medical research, Clinical research Educational Innovation, Brief Report, Reviews on Teaching In keeping with high quality scholarship, Read More.....

https://jmscr.igmpublication.org/ems/index.php/jmscr/about/submissions

If any difficulty you can also submit to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

JMSCR Menu

Impact Factor SJIF 2024: 7.892

https://sjifactor.com/passport.php?id=1725

Crossref - DOI

Crossref - DOI Prefix: 10.18535/jmscr

Editorial Policy

Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the instructions given in the authors' guidelines. Manuscripts which do not ..

Frequency of Publication

JMSCR is published as monthly journal with 12 issues per year. Special editions are also planned subjected to the scope and need....

Submission of Articles

Authors are invited to submit their research articles, review papers, Case Report properly formatted as per the author guidelines.........

Search

Abstract