ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023
Prevalence of hypertension and determinants of treatment-seeking behaviour among adolescents and young adults in India: an analysis of NFHS-4.
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- Health-seeking behavior and its determinants for non-communicable diseases in India - a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in public health · 2025Pooled it
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- Construct Validation and Reliability Assessment of Tamil Translated Hill-Bone-Compliance to High Blood Pressure Therapy Scale Among Hypertensive Patients in Rural Puducherry, South India.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social MedicineArticle
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Abstract
backgroundPrevious evidences have reported that almost three-fourth of young hypertensives are not seeking care for their condition leading to severe complications. This study was conducted to assess the determinants of treatment-seeking behaviour among the young hypertensives in India.
methodsThe National Family Health Survey-4 data were analysed. Sampling weights and clustering was accounted using svyset command. Screening, awareness, prevalence and control status were reported with 95% confidence interval (CI). Poisson regression was done to identify the determinants of treatment-seeking behaviour.
resultsIn total, 13.8% of younger adults had hypertension, 51.1% were aware of their status and 19.5% sought treatment. Participants in 15-19 years (adjusted Prevalence Ratio (aPR) = 0.70) and 20-29 years (aPR = 0.63), male gender (aPR = 0.84), Muslim religion (aPR = 1.14), urban region (aPR = 0.87), secondary (aPR = 0.88) and higher education (aPR = 0.86), residing in Northern (aPR = 0.79), Central (aPR = 0.76), Southern region (aPR = 0.65), preferring home treatment, medical shop or any other care (aPR = 0.63) were significant determinants of treatment-seeking behaviour.
conclusionMore than 1 in 10 younger adults in India have hypertension and only half of them were aware of their status and one-fifth sought treatment. Adolescents, males, Hindus, urban population, higher education and residing in Northern, Central and Southern region had poor treatment-seeking behaviour.
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