Original Article PREVALENCE OF HYPERTENSION IN ADULT POPULATION IN RELATION TO PROFESSION IN THE UNIVERSITY OF PESHAWAR

Abstract

Background: Hypertension is one of the most common chronic diseases in the current era. Though many factors do favor having hypertension but many causes are not known yet. Hypertension in adult population is on rise and various factors need to be assessed in relation to the profession. Thisresearch article has assessed the prevalence of hypertension with relevance to profession.

Material and Methods: It was a cross-sectional analytical study conducted on worker in different departments of University of Peshawar. Total 260 participants were selected throughnon-probability conveniencesampling.The collection of data was done using a questionnaire, which was then analyzed on SPSS version 22.Chi square was used for observing any relationship of hypertension with different professions. P value less than 0.05 was taken as significant.

Results:Themean age of the participants was 42 and S.D 8.765. Out of these 86.5% were male and 13.3 % were female. Prevalence of hypertension among the overall participants was 23.8% (62), for males was 24.88% and for females it was 17.14%. The highest prevalence among our subjects was in bankers (42.8%) and lowest among laborers (20%). 79% mentioned that they developed hypertension while working in their respective professions. Hypertension was not significantly associated with any of the profession with chi square value of 4.3 and p value 0.633.

Conclusion: The prevalence of hypertension among the participants was 23.8% (62). The findings provided a clue that there exists a relationship between hypertension and jobs strain. However hypertension was not significantly associated with any of the profession in specific.

KeyWords:    Hypertension, Professional stress, Prevalence