Screening of Prehypertension and Hypertension and Associated Risk Factors among Woman at Taif City. KSA

Abstract

Introduction: Prehypertension or hypertension affects about half of all adults over the age of 18, as determined by two or more average readings obtained from two or more doctors visitsUncontrolled or undiagnosed high blood pressure can result in: Heart attack – High blood pressure affects arteries that can narrow and restrict the passage of blood to the heart muscle, resulting in a heart attack. Stroke - High blood pressure can lead to the blockage or rupture of blood arteries that provide oxygen and nutrients to the brain.

Aim: To assess the distribution of prehypertension and hypertension and its associated risk factors among a symptomatic woman

Method:  Descriptive  screening community-based  study design .conducted between July2022 to September  2022. Before data collection, the study had received approval from the Al-Taif University ethical committee (HAO-02-T-105), 611 women between the ages of 20 and 51 made up the study population. The sampling method was multi-stage. A randomized sample of clusters was selected from a list of all clusters by the researcher. A cluster sampling strategy was used to select samples from two institutions (Khadija Bint Khuwaylid Center, Fatima Bint Al-Rasoul Center for Quran Memorization, and shopping mall (Jouri Mall)). Simple random sampling was used to choose samples of the respondent from each group (cluster). Participants in the study were Saudi nationals aged 18 years or older who expressed an interest in participating.

Result: The majority of the study population was between the ages of 20 and 30. Their average age was 1.12782, and they had a statistically significant relationship between age and the prevalence of both prehypertension and hypertension (p = 001).

There was a statistically significant correlation between education level and the prevalence of prehypertension and hypertension, with nearly one-third of them (44.4%) having undergraduate or graduate degrees. (p value.000). Additionally, more than two-thirds (76.2%) of the respondents had no history of chronic disease, nearly half (43.3%) of the respondents had normal blood pressure, and more than one-third (37.3%) had prehypertension or hypertension. 121/80 to 140/90 and only 20.6% of people have prehypertension. High blood pressure: >141/91.

Conclusions:   Prevalence of prehypertension was high, overweight, eating a unhealthy  diet, and Lack of exercise have all been demonstrated to be statistically significant risk factors for prehypertension and hypertension