STUDY OF THE INCIDENCE AND RISK FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH HYPERTENSION AMONG ADULT POPULATION RESIDING IN JAIPUR, RAJASTHAN

Author Name: 1Dr. Virendra Singh Choudhary, 2Dr. Devraj Singh Chouhan, 3Mr. Shekhar Mishra

Volume: 01 June 2020 &  Issue:

Country: INDIA

DOI NO.: NA, DOI Link: http://doi-ds.org/doilink/08.2020-25662434/

Affiliation:

1. Professor/Principal,
2. Assistant Professor Mental Health Nursing,
3. Assistant Professor Community Health Nursing
   Jaipur National University, School of Nursing, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India. E-mail- singhviren81@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

A non-experimental cross sectional study design was opt to assess the incidence and risk factors connected with hypertension among adult Population by bring WHO modifiable risk Assessment tool among 100 adult populations at Jaipur. The convenient sampling method was adopted for the sample selection. The result of the study showed that the majority 26(26.5%) modifiable risk factors and 15(15.3%) non modifiable risk factors had been contributing to hypertension and there was significant association with the modifiable risk factors at the level of p< 0.05 and about 2.56 times risk factors contribute to hypertension (OR=2.56).The risk for developing hypertension due to adaptable risk factors is 1.73 times than that of the non-modifiable risk factors among adult population. Conclusion: This study interference that incidence and risk factors connected with hypertension is high in male sex among adult population and adaptable factors are the high risk factors.

Key words: Incidence, Risk factors, Hypertension, Adult population.