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KAP Of Hypertensive Patients in South Indian Population
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, ARAVINDA SWAMI P, R T SARAVANA KUMAR, MANOHAR BABU S
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Introduction: Hypertension, being a global epidemic and a threat to the world population, described as the “sleeping snake”, which will bite when its wakes up. It is associated with much co-morbidity, which can be managed by controlling it.
Aim: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices followed by the south Indian population for Hypertension.
Methods: A cross-sectional study conducted among 245 hypertensive patients in Vijayawada city located of Andhra Pradesh, India. Data was collected in pre-designed data collection form and was analyzed using SPSS software version 16.
Results: Among the 245 Hypertensive (HT) participants, the average age was found to be around 56 years. Among the multiple risk factors sedentary lifestyle, heavy smoking and alcohol with body mass index (BMI) > 25 kg/m2, around 60% were more prevalent. When assessed for knowledge of the participants on Hypertension, we found 69.38 percentage of them had a good idea while looking at the attitude, we got around 70% to have a right attitude about the disease and the measures to follow, while 18.5% are in the range of 'I do not know'.
Conclusion: The knowledge and attitude on Hypertension were far better among the participants; however, in turning their knowledge to practice, there is a gap and this need to be covered.
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Hypertension, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice, Survey.
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https://doi.org/10.31838/ijpr/2021.13.01.309
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