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Awareness of Significance Blood Pressure Measurements in First MBBS Students in our Institute

Habibur Rehman , Sunil Natha Mhaske1 , Habibur Rehman , Vineeta Pande3

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Indian Journal of Medical and Health Sciences 7(2):p 51-54, July-December 2020. | DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21088/ijmhs.2347.9981.7220.6

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Background: High blood pressure follows the Iceberg phenomenon as it is one of the major causes of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Though hypertension is a problem of adults the etiologic process and risk behaviors start early in life3. Methods: An interventional study conducted on college students of DVVPF medical college. (table 2) Written informed consent was obtained from the participants who were the students of the age group 17-19 yrs and were included in the study. given in (table 1) Assessment of knowledge of students about hypertension and also its preventive measures was assessed by a pre-designed, and semi-structured questionnaire. Now after the study knowledge of students was checked. Results: Educational intervention helped increase the base knowledge of students about the normal range of blood pressure, Hypertension as a disease, its risk factors, and signs and symptoms. General awareness of the students about preventive measures of hypertension like avoiding junk food/ healthy diet, exercise, and meditation was 26%, 29%, and 6% respectively which was significantly increased after the educational intervention.(table 3) Conclusions: Attempts should be made towards educating college students about hypertension so that they change their lifestyles and reduce the incidence of hypertension in later life.

Keywords: Blood Pressure; Adolescents; Hypertension; Prehypertension.

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