AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION

Harini G; Dr.Gowri Sethu

AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION

July 2021

Vol-7, Issue-4

Paper ID: 14820

ISSN: 2395-4396

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Abstract & Details

Research Area

DENTISTRY

Keywords

Hyper- blood pressure- awareness- treatement

Abstract

BACKGROUND Hypertension, known as the silent killer, is a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Awareness and treatment of hypertension is not appropriate in the world, and this has led to an increase in mortality and morbidity caused by uncontrolled hypertension. AIM- This study aims to estimate awareness, treated, and controlled hypertensive and relevant predictors in an adult Hospital based populations. This study was conducted in patients attending Saveetha Dental College . RESULT-The prevalence of hypertension was 37.3%, and the prevalence of pre-hypertension was 46.4%. 49.7% of People with hypertension were aware of their disease, and 71.5% of them were using antihypertensive drugs prescribed by physicians. CONCLUSION -Blood pressure was controlled in 38.9% of the treated patients. In the adjusted model, older age, female sex, and history of diabetes mellitus were positively associated with higher awareness.

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Author Information

#	Name	Institute / Affiliation
1	Harini G	Saveetha Institute Of Medical and Technical Sciences.
2	Dr.Gowri Sethu	Saveetha Institute Of Medical and Technical Sciences.

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APA Style

G, Harini & Sethu, Dr.Gowri (2021). AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 7(4), 13-15.

MLA Style

G, Harini, and Dr.Gowri Sethu. "AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 7, no. 4, 2021, pp. 13-15.

IEEE Style

Harini G and Dr.Gowri Sethu, "AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION," International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 13-15, 2021.

Vancouver Style

G Harini, Sethu Dr.Gowri. AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION. International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education. 2021;7(4):13-15.

Harvard Style

G, Harini & Sethu, Dr.Gowri (2021) 'AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION', International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education, 7(4), pp. 13-15.

Chicago Style

G, Harini and Dr.Gowri Sethu. "AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 7, no. 4 (2021): 13-15.

Turabian Style

G, Harini and Dr.Gowri Sethu. "AWARENESS OF HYPERTENSION IN AN HOSPITAL BASED POPULATION." International Journal of Advance Research and Innovative Ideas In Education 7, no. 4 (2021): 13-15.