Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in rural areas of davanagere

• Published in: Indian journal of community medicine Vol. 35; no. 1; pp. 138 - 141
• Main Authors: By, Yuvaraj, Mr, Nagendra Gowda, Ag, Umakantha
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: India Medknow Publications and Media Pvt. Ltd 01.01.2010; Medknow Publications & Media Pvt. Ltd; Medknow Publications; Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
• Subjects: Awareness; Blood pressure; Care and treatment; Control; Diagnosis; Disease; Drug therapy; Health facilities; Hypertension; Medical screening; Original; prevalence; Prevalence studies (Epidemiology); Public health; Risk factors; Studies; Surveys; India; prevalence; hypertension; Awareness
• ISSN: 0970-0218; 1998-3581
• DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.62578

To study the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the rural areas of Davanagere. Cross-sectional community-based study. Villages belonging to six sectors of the Davanagere Taluk. General population above 18 years. A community-based sample was chosen by a multistage sampling technique. Subjects were screened for hypertension by a house-to-house survey. Subjects with systolic blood pressure more than 140 and diastolic blood pressure more than 90 mm of Hg, on hypertensive treatment, and history of hypertension were classified as hypertensives. The data thus obtained was compiled and analyzed. The prevalence rate of hypertension in the study population was 18.3% (95% CI, 16.7-19.9%). Prevalence of hypertension was more in males 19.1% (95% CI, 16.7-21.5%) than in females 17.5% (95% CI, 14.9-20.1%); 11.6%, 5.6%, and 1.2% of the total subjects had Grade I, Grade II, and Grade III, respectively. Only 33.8% of them were aware of their hypertensive status. Hypertensives of 32.1% were on treatment, and 12.5% adequately controlled their BP. About 6.9% of the total hypertensives had severe hypertension. Proportions, One way Analysis of Variance, Chi-square test.