Prevalence and Associated Factors of Hypertension among Nepalese Civil Servants

Authors: Mahendra G , Sanjana Z , Ariful BC , Shaikh AS , Ahsan GU2 and Mohammad Delwer HH

DOI: 10.23880/mjccs-16000179

Volume 2, Issue 5

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the major global emerging health problems in this industrial world. Prevalence of is increasing daily. Overall awareness and modifying one’s lifestyle could be beneficial to the reduction of hypertension. Majority of the hypertension cases are found in the developing countries. South Asian countries such as India, Bangladesh and Nepal have a higher risk of hypertension which is rapidly increasing. Methods: Analytical cross-sectional study was conducted to determine the prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among civil servants in a Nepalese federal state. Structured questionnaire was used and face to face interview were carried out by the researcher himself. Blood Pressure (BP) was measured and hypertension was categorized, height and weight was measurements to attain the Body Mass Index (BMI). The participants were exclusively selected 247 (F= 68, M=179) civil servants who are working in Nepalese federal state number 5. Chi-square test has been carried out for comparing proportions in categorical variables. Logistic regression has been used to find out the adjusted odds ratio. All difference has been considered statistically significant at the p <0.05 level.

Keywords: Prevalence; Obesity; Hypertension; Civil-servant; BP; BMI

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