Journal of Hypertension: Open Access

Sunita Dhakal

Publications

• Research Article
  Prevalence and Factors Associated with Hypertension among Elderly Population in Dhapasi VDC of Kathmandu District
  Author(s): Sunita Dhakal, Rakesh Singh, Uday Naryan Yadav and Lekh Bahadur GurungSunita Dhakal, Rakesh Singh, Uday Naryan Yadav and Lekh Bahadur Gurung
  
  Ageing is closely associated with the dynamic demographic and socio-economic transformation. In the elderly period hypertension is the problem related with the internal features of the body. The objective of the study was, to find out the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among elderly population. The descriptive, crosssectional study was carried out in Dhapasi VDC among 318 elderly people selected by systematic random sampling. Ethical approval was obtained from the institutional review committee of Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan, Nepal. Data were collected through face to face interview technique using semi-structured schedule and analysis was done in SPSS version 16.0. The results unveiled that 56.9% of the elderly people were hypertensive, among them 40.8% of the respondents were diagnosed during the study, 29.6% were diagnosed before the study and 13.5% were d.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2167-1095.1000242

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