Author(s): Arunadevi Chinnadurai, Dhaigude Pranav Raghunath and Dr. Srabani Bhattacharya

Abstract:
This cross-sectional study was conducted among general population of either gender in the state of Maharashtra, India. The age of the respondent were 18+ yrs. Total number of participants were 186. Among them 69.89% male, 30.11% female. Their occupations student 18.8%, home maker 5.9%, service 39.8%, unemployed 5.4%, retired 1.6%, business 24.2% & other occupations 4.3%. Among them 13.98% suffering from Hypertension, 52.69% not yet diagnosed & 33.33% respondent not yet checked. Among the participant who are diagnosed hypertension 61.54% taking medicine regularly, 11.53% irregular & 26.92% not taking medicine. History of hypertension in either parent was 32.8% & 53.22% does not have history of hypertension in either parent. 40.86% respondents checked Blood Pressure (BP) regularly. Among the respondents 45.7% do less than 30 minutes of physical activity & 7.53% more the 2 hours do physical activity. 1.61% consume alcohol daily & 0.54% use tobacco products more than 5 times per day. Hypertension is emerging as a major public health problem. People should be aware about the risk factors associated with Hypertension.

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