BLOOD PRESSURE PROFILES AMONG EAST BONGAS AND WEST BONGAS PEOPLE IN EFFORT AND SUPPORT FROM UNIVERSITAS PADJADJARAN AND THE REGENT OF MAJALENGKA REGENCY AND CHIEVES OF THE VILLAGES

• Published in: International journal of pharmacy and pharmaceutical sciences Vol. 9; no. 6; p. 215
• Main Authors: D., Diah Dhianawaty, Heryaman, Henhen, Syamsunarno, Mas Rizky Anggun Adipurna
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01-06-2017
• ISSN: 0975-1491; 0975-1491
• DOI: 10.22159/ijpps.2017v9i6.16675

Objective: To support the people in East Bongas and West Bongas villages to prevent and treatment the hypertension disease.Methods: This was a cross-sectional design while the subjects were taken by a simple random sampling. A total of 323 families were included, and blood pressure of the male and female subjects aged between 18 to 65 y was measured and had been given a question relating to their blood pressure.Results: The blood pressure profile was classified based on the seventh report of the Joint National Committee (JNC 7). The youngest male and female participants of pre-hypertension were 18 and 22 y, respectively. The normal blood pressure, pre-hypertension, hypertension stage-1, and hypertension stage-2 were 34.3%, 49.5%, 12.1%, and 4.1%, respectively. Prevalence of patients with hypertension based on the age groups 30-39, 40-49, 50-59, and 60-69 y were 6.8%, 15.6%, 33.9%, and 37.3%, respectively. Prevalence of patients with hypertension in male was 16.8%, the female was 15.7%, and the total of both were 16.2%. Prevalence based on gender showed that those who had information about hypertension in male was 46.8%, the female was 47.9%, and the total of both were 47.4%. Prevalence of hypertension patients increased, for a male was 8.9%, the female was 8.2%, and the total of both were 8.5% after the participants declared that they were not hypertension patients.Conclusion: In both villages occurred an increase of hypertension prevalence. Based on this information, the people in two villages should be given the appropriate knowledge and awareness regarding hypertension.