Open AccessHypertension among School going Urban and Rural Adolescents: A Comparative Study
Author(s) -
B. Pradhan,
Arushi Yadav,
Kavita Yadav,
Manisha Sankhla,
Divya N. Raj,
Gaur Kl
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
perspectives in medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2348-229X
pISSN - 2348-1447
DOI - 10.47799/pimr.0803.09
Subject(s) - prehypertension , medicine , blood pressure , family history , percentile , rural area , population , disease , pediatrics , demography , cross sectional study , environmental health , gerontology , statistics , mathematics , pathology , sociology
Background: In the modern society, technology hascontributed to create physical comfort in the life andsimultaneously, there is alteration in dietary habits ofyoungsters. This has affected adolescent’s health significantly,leading to hypertension in both urban and rural adolescentpopulation.Objectives: Present study aimed to access and compares theprevalence of hypertension among urban and rural adolescent.Methods: A community-based cross-sectional comparativestudy conducted on 300 healthy age matched adolescents, 10-19 years of age from each of rural and urban school of Jaipur(Rajasthan). After Institutional Ethical Committee and schooladministration approval, a predesigned proforma was filledhaving socio-demographic details, personal and family history.An average blood pressure was calculated by measuring 3recordings with 5 minutes break through sphygmomanometer.The blood pressure was classified on percentile bases into prehypertension and hypertension. The data inferred by chisquare and ‘p-value’ less than 0.05 considered as significant.Result: The prevalence of hypertension among urban andrural adolescent of Jaipur was 7.6% and 7%, while prehypertension was 32% and 28%, respectively. The prevalenceof hypertension was high for systolic than diastolic bloodpressure and more in late adolescent than early adolescentage group which was found significant only for systolichypertension (p=0.003).Conclusion: High prevalence of adolescent’s hypertension isan important risk factor for future consequences ofcardiovascular disease suggesting that there should be changein lifestyle. The early detection and management of it canprevent any future disability and mortality.