Prevalence of Hypertension and its Determinants Among Residents of Serbo Town, Jimma Zone, Oromia Regional State, Southwest Ethiopia 2021gc
Abstract:
Background: Hypertension is an easily identifiable, largely asymptomatic, common, modifiable risk factorfor cardiovascular diseases at the population level. Many hospital-based data reflect high prevalence in the study areas of Ethiopia, so large-scale studies have to be conducted to know the general picture of the problem in the community. This study emphasizes that hypertension is increasing, so the government, policymakers, and health professionals should conduct nationwide studies on its importance in public health. It also serves as a baseline for public health workers who want to conduct further studies.
Objective: This study is designed to assess the prevalence of hypertension and its determinants among residents of Serbo town, Jimma zone, southwest Ethiopia. Methods and patients: A Cross-sectional community-based survey was conducted from June 20 to June 27, 2021, among 342 sampled adults aged 18 years or more. Four data collectors used a pretested structured questionnaire during data collection. The data was edited, cleared, entered into the software version with SPSSv21, and analyzed for valuable information based on a set of variables.
Results: Most participants (42.4%) were between the ages of 25 and 44. The study participants had an overall prevalence of hypertension of 14.32%, with 9.06% of them being male and the remaining patients being female. According to their B.P. statistics, they were 6.72% isolated systolic hypertension, 6.4% stage I hypertensive, 1.2% stage II hypertensive, and 22.2% pre-hypertensive. The study participants included in the research included 164 (48%) males and 178 (52%) females, with a male-to-female ratio of around 1:1. Of those registered as hypertensive during data collection, 63.48% were unaware of their condition.
Conclusion: This study revealed a high prevalence of hypertension. Males were shown to be significantly more affected than females. The study has showed that among the variables, sex, age, smoking, family history, diabetes mellitus, and coffee and alcohol drinking were found to be widespread in the hypertensive population, therefore additional studies are needed to look at its public health implications.
