DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2019.v07i12.002

Pages: 3844-3848

Introduction: Hypertension means high blood pressure. Despite general belief hypertension is a disease of adulthood, children and adolescents can also suffer from the condition and may remain unnoticed because of lack of routine measurement of blood pressure. From this study we have tried to find out the risk factors of hypertension among school going children in rural area. Aim of the study: The aim of this study was to evaluate the risk factors of hypertension among school going children in rural area. Methods: This was an observational study which was conducted in Paragon Hospital and Trauma Centre, Nababgonj, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period from July 2018 to December 2018. One thousand, eight hundred and fifty (1850) children were visited OPD in study period. Among them 47 children with hypertension were selected for the study maintain inclusion criteria’s, which represent 2.54% of the total children. The approval of the ethical committee of respective hospital and the proper written consent from all the participants were obtained before starting the intervention. A predesigned questioner had been used for collecting necessary data from the participants. For analyzing data we used Microsoft excel and SPSS. Result: In total 47 patients observing the primary symptoms of hypertension and try to find out most hypertensive factors for which the school going children in between the age of 6-14 years. The risk factors were as age, family history of hypertension, overweight, obesity, Age group 12 -14 years, additional salt and junk food intake plays a vital role in development of hypertension in school going children in rural area. Conclusion: Knowledge about risk factors, early and appropriate diagnosis is important since even a small decrease in blood pressure can have substantial effect on hypertension. So, BP should be measured routinely for all children during physical examination. Further cause and to prevent complications of hypertension.