Wednesday, 24 April 2024

Specificity of Hypertension Risk Factors in the Elderly | Chapter 7 | New Visions in Medicine and Medical Science Vol. 5

Introduction: Hypertension, commonly known as high blood pressure, is a significant public health issue that affects at least 20% of adults in many countries. It can be classified into essential (primary or idiopathic) and secondary hypertension, with essential hypertension representing 95% of all cases.
 
Aims: To identify the factors associated with hypertension in a tertiary care centre in Northern India
 
Study Design: A cross-sectional study.
 
Study Sites and Duration of Study: Medicine Department, AIIMS Rishikesh; between January 2021 and December 2022.
 
Methodology: The study recruited 317 hypertensive and non-hypertension patients who reside and receive healthcare services from the tertiary Care Centre in Northern India and reported for treatment. Data was collected from respondents using a questionnaire and analyzed with STATA software Version 15.
 
Results and Findings: The study revealed that majority of the participants (68.8%) had hypertension. The study identified that respondents who are married were approximately 3 times more likely to have hypertension compared to those who are single (AOR= 3.1; 95% CI=1.28-5.82, p=0.001). Adjusting for all other factors, respondents who were employed were 4.2 times more likely to have hypertension compared to those who are unemployed (AOR= 4.2; 95% CI=1.36-8.62, p=0.002). History of smoking, history of alcohol consumption, physical inactivity among participants was discovered to be significantly associated with hypertension.
 
Conclusion: Hypertension is a serious health concern among some of the aged people in Ghana. Hence it is recommended that interventions to tackle this condition could focus on behavioral or lifestyle modifications.


Author(s) Details:

Rohit Raina,
Department of General Medicine, AIIMS Bathinda, Punjab, India.

Please see the link here: https://stm.bookpi.org/NVMMS-V5/article/view/14163

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