Reason of increasing number of HTN cases in Dh. Kudahuvadhoo
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2016-11
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Maldives National University
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As Non communicable disease (NCD) has become a burden to medical practitioners to deal and is leading factor of mortality to world’s most population. Hypertension (HTN) is the shocking NCD in the world which affect most of the adults. The main aim of this study is to identify the reasons for increasing Hypertension cases in Dh.Kudahuvadhoo. A cross sectional descriptive research design were used in this research. A questionnaire was used to collect data in this study. Statistical software, Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to analyze data. Among the respondents 68 out of 90 participant they have family history of NCD. The main finding of the research was 44.4% of the respondents said that they have family history of Hypertension.
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Zoona, F. (2016). Reason of increasing number of HTN cases in Dh. Kudahuvadhoo ( bachelors thesis , Faculty of Health Science, Maldives National University). Retrieved from Saruna, mnu.edu.mv