摘要：Introduction: Globally hypertension is responsible for majority of mortality and morbidity among the non-communicable disease burden. A Community based cross sectional study was carried out to find the prevalence of hypertension, pre-hypertension and associated risk factors in the rural field practice area of Saveetha Medical College between January to March 2020. Methodology: The sample size calculated was 203 and equal numbers of participants between the age group of 30 to 60 years were selected from each of the 6 villages in field practice area by Stratified Random sampling method. A semi- structured pretested questionnaire was used for data collection. Results: The prevalence of hypertension and pre-hypertension was found to be 29.4% and 28.9% re-spectively. Major determinants of hypertension were age, marital status, diabetes mellitus, excess salt in-take, sedentary lifestyle, stress, family history of hypertension and disturbed sleep pattern. Increased odds of hypertension were seen in marital status, diabetes mellitus and excess salt intake. Conclusion: Interventional measures done in the pre-hypertensive stage prevents risk of developing hypertension. Regular screening for high blood pressure, lifestyle modifications, treatment with anti-hypertensive medication are required to decrease the prevalence of hypertension in the community.
关键词：Screening;NPCDCS;Sedentary Lifestyle;Excess Salt Intake
