DC Field | Value | Language |
dc.contributor.author | Shereen, Aminath | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2018-04-04T01:53:50Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2018-04-04T01:53:50Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2016-11-01 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Shereen, A. (2016). Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and type 2 diabetes among adults of Baa.Kamadhoo. Faculty of Health Sciences, Male', Maldives. | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://saruna.mnu.edu.mv/jspui/handle/123456789/1539 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This is a cross sectional descriptive study, to identify the prevalence and risk factors of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes among adults in Baa.Kamadhoo. A structured interviewer administered questionnaire was used to identify the prevalence and risk factors of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes among adults in Baa.Kamadhoo. The sample size of this study was 125 samples. For data analysis Microsoft excel and SPSS were used. Descriptive statistics, frequency and percentage, cross tabulation and Chi-square were used in analysis. All the participants in this study are aged 18 years and above. Most of the participants are aged between 18 to 34 years and most of the participants are working in tourism industry. The Chi-square test revealed that there is a significant association between Hypertension and age (p-value=0.001) and also a significant association was seen between Type 2 DM and age (p-value=0.02). Furthermore, this study has identified a significant association between HTN and exercise (p-value=0.04). The results of this study will be valuable for Kamadhoo Health Centre, Baa.Kamadhoo Council Idhaaraa and Baa Atoll Hospital to prevent the community of Baa.Kamadhoo from risk of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Faculty of Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject | Non-communicable diseases | en_US |
dc.subject | Hypertension | en_US |
dc.subject | Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | en_US |
dc.subject | blood pressure | en_US |
dc.subject | Baa.Kamadhoo. | en_US |
dc.subject | Maldives | en_US |
dc.title | Prevalence and risk factors of hypertension and type 2 diabetes among adults of Baa.Kamadhoo. | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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