Magnitude of hypertension among adult residents in mizan-aman town, bench maji zone, Southwest Ethiopia–a descriptive cross-sectional study

Abstract

Background Hypertension has been considered as one of the major public health challenges across the globe because of its high frequency and associated risks of cardiovascular and kidney diseases such as myocardial infarctions strokes and renal failures Hypertension is a growing public health problem in many developing countries including Ethiopia Despite their growing importance in sub Saharan Africa SSA including Ethiopia hypertension and other cardiovascular disease were not given due attention Little is known about the prevalence of hypertension in Ethiopia including Mizan Aman Therefore this study would fill the existing information gap in this area Objective nbsp The objective of this study was to assess the magnitude of hypertension among adult residents in Mizan Aman town Bench Maji Zone South West Ethiopia Method and material Community based cross sectional study was conducted in Mizan Aman town from April to June Cluster random sampling method was used to select the sample The data was collected using World Health Organization STEP wise approach guideline on Non Communicable Disease risk factor surveillance questionnaire The Amharic version questionnaire was used for data collection The data was entered and analyzed using SPSS statistical software Hypertension was defined as Blood pressure greater or equal to mmHg Ethical issues were addressed appropriately prior to data collection time Results A total of respondents were included this study The response rate was The findings declared that and of respondents were pre hyperten shy sion hypertension stage I and hypertension stage II respectively on screening test The overall prevalence of hypertension was Conclusion This study showed that there was a high prevalence of hypertension in this population Also this prevalence indicates there would be a high risk of developing stroke cardiovascular and kidney disease Therefore it was recommended to do mass screening and to consider appropriate intervention as much as possible by different concerned stakeholders