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
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 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.c4974Abstract
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