Physical, Behavioral and Sociodemographic determinants of hypertension among adult population in Nekemte town, western Ethiopia: Community based study.

• DOI: 10.21203/rs.2.14395/v2
• Publication Date: 2019-10-28T19:44:51Z
• Authors: Gemechis Teshome ...; Melese Chego Cheme; Elias Merdassa Roro
• Keywords: Adult; Male; Nekemte; Science (General); Adolescent; Alcohol Drinking; QH301-705.5; Blood Pressure; Catha; Q1-390; 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; Risk Factors; Prevalence; Humans; Obesity; Biology (General); Aged; Demography; Aged, 80 and over; 2. Zero hunger; R; 1. No poverty; Feeding Behavior; Middle Aged; 3. Good health; Research Note; Cross-Sectional Studies; Logistic Models; Hypertension; Medicine; Female; Ethiopia

Abstract Objectives

Although hypertension is a growing public health problem in many developing countries there is inadequacy of scientific evidences on community based level of hypertension among the population. The study aimed at exploring prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Nekemte town, Ethiopia. Community based cross sectional study was conducted on 711 adults selected by multistage sampling procedure and data obtained by interview. Height, Weight, Blood Pressure and waist circumference were measured with standard procedures. Data was analyzed by SPSS 20 version and multiple logistic regression models were used to determine the independent risk factors for hypertension.Result

The overall prevalence of hypertension was 34.9% of which only about half (52.7%) of them knew that they were hypertensive and only 22.4% of them were on medication. Older age; age group >65 year (AOR =5.85, 95% CI; 1.74-20), 41-64 year (AOR = 2.6, 95% CI; 1.49-4.57), Obesity and overweight (AOR =1.71, 95% CI; 1.09-2.67), chat chewers in the past year (AOR =2.44, 95% CI; 1.05-5.68) and lower educational status (AOR =2.75, 95% CI; 1.26-6.03) had higher risk of hypertension.