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SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERS OF HYPERTENSIVE (HTN) PATIENTS ATTENDING IN A GENERAL PRACTITIONERS CHAMBER IN RAJSHAHI METROPOLITAN AREA

Dr. Md. Iqbal Hossain*, Md. Shamim Ahmed, Farzana Afroz, Sougata Mitra, Md. Akhter-Uz-Zaman and S. M. Emdadul Haque

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Abstract

Background: Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular disease and one of the leading causes of deaths from noncommunicable diseases. Impact of socio-dempgraphic disparities on hypertension outcome has been well established. Objective: This study was aimed to describe the socio-dempgraphic characteristics of hypertensive patients attending in a general practitioners chamber of Rajshahi metropolitan area. Methods: This cross sectional type of descriptive study was conducted during the period of January, 2019 to December, 2019 in a general practitioners chamber in Rajshahi Metropolitan Area, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Total number of 110 hypertensive patients enrolled purposively for this study. After taking informed written consent data of socio-demographic characters were collected through face to face interview using a semi-structured questionnaire. Results: Among the 110 hypertensive patients majority were illiterate (38.2%), married (80%), female (73%) and house wife (60.9%). Most (30.9%) of the patients were in 4th decade. 38.2% of the hypertensive patients were illiterate, 27.3% completed the primary education, 13.6% completed SSC, 4.5% completed HSC and rest 16.4% were graduate. Anthropometric measures revealed maximum (38.2%) patients were over weighted. Hypertension was under control in case of maximum (57.3%) patients. Conclusion: This study revealed that socio-demographic characters are directly related to the development of hypertension. So middle aged (4th decade), illiterate, over weighted housewives need more awareness to prevent development of hypertension.

Keywords: Hypertension, Socio-demographic characters, Blood pressure.