Open AccessCommunity-Based Screening for Hypertension and Diabetes among Adults: Study of Western Nepal
Author(s) -
Sharada Sharma,
Bobby Thapa
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
asian journal of population sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2822-1621
pISSN - 2822-1613
DOI - 10.3126/ajps.v1i1.43595
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , obesity , population , cross sectional study , young adult , pediatrics , demography , endocrinology , environmental health , pathology , sociology
Hypertension and diabetes are the major public health problems. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension and diabetes in western Nepal. Community based cross-sectional screening was done among 142 adult populations aged 20–80 years with blood pressure and blood sugar tests with standard protocol. Adult population was selected as a sample for the study purposively. Among the total adults screened; 73.2 percent were females, 38 percent were the age group 40-59 years with mean standard deviation of age (50.26±17.74). Hypertension presents in 45.77 percent and diabetes 7.04 percent of the adults. More than half (55.26%) of the screened male and 47.11 percent of the screened females were at the hypertension stage II. Hypertension and diabetes is more prevalent in the ≥ 60 years’ adults compared to other age groups. Age and gender were significantly associated with hypertension (Χ2 = 37.615, 7.915) p value <0.05 respectively. Similarly, there is a significant association between age group and diabetes. Hypertension was found to be more common in comparison to diabetes in all screened adults. Males have a higher prevalence of hypertension and diabetes than females. Age and gender were significantly associated with hypertension. There is a need for early intervention because a remarkably increased number of adults were found to have hypertension.