Knowledge, awareness, and self-care practices of hypertension among cardiac hypertensive patients living in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.63666/ejsmr.1694-9013.1.I.2025.19Keywords:
Systolic blood pressure, hypertension, cardiac patients, outpatient departmentAbstract
Introduction:
This study investigates the knowledge, awareness, and self-care practices of hypertension among cardiac hypertensive patients living in Jalal-Abad, Kyrgyzstan, and students of Jalal-Abad State University, hypertension is an important global health challenge, leading to high risk of cardiac and chronic kidney diseases causing death and disabilities: obesity, physical inactivity, and inadequate nutrition.
Methodology:
Among many hypertensive patients living in Jalal-Abad Kyrgyzstan, we gathered responses from about 120 patients with the help of a questionnaire method. We write a questionnaire of about 40 questions in English as well as in the Russian language. We also informed all the respondents about the ethical information that we will not use their names or other personal information in our study. All the respondents answer our questionnaire with their own knowledge.
Result and discussions:
According to the results, some of the respondents know about their family history of hypertension, 55.0% of respondents think that family history plays a role in hypertension,73% respondents think that obesity is the cause of hypertension, many respondents think that smoking, aging, alcohol and junk food is the cause of hypertension.67.5% of respondents acknowledged that physical activity and 75% think that quitting smoking can help treat hypertension.
Conclusion:
The study concludes that hypertension prevalence is increasing worldwide and an estimated 972 million people in the world are suffering from HTN. Incidence rates of hypertension range between 3% and 18% depending on the age, gender, ethnicity, and body size of the population. Mortality from stroke and ischemic heart disease doubles with each 20 mm Hg increase in systolic blood pressure from levels as low as 115mm Hg and with each 10 mm Hg increase in diastolic BP from levels as low as 75 mm Hg.
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