A study on effect of type of work and life style risk factors on prevalence of hypertension among gazetted officers of Maharashtra
Journal Title: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RECENT TRENDS IN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY - Year 2016, Vol 20, Issue 2
Abstract
Introduction: It is seen that majority of the hypertensive patients remain asymptomatic, only few of them develop some symptoms like headache, giddiness and irritability. That’s why hypertension is known as silent killer. The problem which lies with the hypertension is that it cannot be cured completely. And its management requires lifelong medication with some life-style modifications. Objective: To study the prevalence of hypertension and profile of it among Government Gazetted officers. Materials and Methods: The present analytical cross sectional study was carried among Gazetted officers working in various departments of state Government for a period of one year in Solapur district of Maharashtra. The minimum sample size estimated for the present study was 354, based on the anticipated prevalence of hypertension in Gazetted officers as 18% with confidence level of 95% and absolute precision of 4%. In all, 355 Gazetted Government officers of class I and class II cadre were studied. Blood pressure was measured with a standard mercury sphygmomanometer. Chi-square test was applied wherever necessary. Data was analyzed using window excel and epi_info 6. Results: The prevalence of hypertension among Gazetted officers found to be 20.28%. In present study significant positive association was found between age and prevalence of hypertension. The prevalence of hypertension was found significantly higher in men than women. The association between education and hypertension found to be statistically significant (P<0.001) while there was no association between Socioeconomic status and hypertension. (P>0.05) Prevalence of hypertension was noted higher at every level of BMI. Prevalence of hypertension was significantly higher in smokers, alcoholic and had significant association. (P<0.05) Conclusion: Hence, we conclude that due to high prevalence of hypertension in white collar job people should be screened regularly.
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Prakash Dudhani, Nazeer Inamdar
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