Magnitude and associated factors of hypertension in Addis Ababa public health facilities, Ethiopia

Abstract

1.1. Background: According to WHO’s world health report in 2008 13% of the global death attributed by raised blood pressure. The Objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and associated factors of hypertension in Addis Ababa public health facilities. 1.2. Methodology: Cross-sectional study design was used to assess the prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension in Addis Ababa public health facilities. A total of 758 participants were selected by using simple random sampling. WHO STEPS wise approach to surveillance of NCDS risk factors was used to collect the data. The result was analyzed using SPSS program and descriptive summary using frequencies, proportions, graphs and cross tabs was used to present study results. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify determinant factors. 1.3. Result: The overall prevalence of overweight was 47% with 36.7% and 10.8% of the participants were overweight and obese respectively. The prevalence of hypertension in the study area was also high, which affected 32.3% from the total participants. Sex, marital status, age, educational status, occupation, history of alcohol consumption, BMI and physical activity, lipid profiles had significant statistical association with hypertension. 1.4. Conclusion and recommendation: the prevalence of hypertension in the study area was high and the lifestyles and socio-demographic characteristics of the study participants were the risk factors associated with the development of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. Improving healthy lifestyles of the population should be strengthening to prevent hypertension.