Effect of stress on hypertension among professional groups at Bareilly: a cross sectional study

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dc.contributor.authorGupta, Shaileshen_US
dc.contributor.authorGupta, Shrutien_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-06T08:50:36Z
dc.date.available2020-05-06T08:50:36Z
dc.date.issued2019-09
dc.description.abstractBackground: The objective of the present study was to study the effect of stress on hypertension in various professional groups.Methods: A cross sectional study was done from 1st August 2015 to 30th August 2017 in district Bareilly. A predesigned and pretested questionnaire was used comprising of demographic data and stress. Three types of professionals were included in this study: doctors, managerial staff and school teachers from the teaching institutions.Results: This study showed association of hypertension with stress level and found that 24.62% doctors, 72.31% school teachers and 27.69% managerial staff were hypertensive with mild stress level. Among all study subjects 41.54% were hypertensive with mild stress level. 15.38% doctors, 10.77% school teachers and 46.92% managerial staff were hypertensive with moderate stress level. Among all study subjects 24.36% were hypertensive with moderate stress level. 46.15% doctors, 0.76% school teachers and 8.46% managerial staff were hypertensive with severe stress level. Among all study subjects 18.46% were hypertensive with severe stress level. Chi-square test for association was applied and p-value was found significant for doctors, managerial staff and insignificant in school teachers. Among all study subjects p value 0.016 was found significant.Conclusions: The present study showed highly significant association for hypertension with stress level among doctors and managerial staff with p value (0.005) and (0.001).en_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Community Medicine, BPS GMC (W), Sonepat, Haryana, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.affiliationsDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Sir Gangaram Hospital, Delhi, Indiaen_US
dc.identifier.citationGupta Shailesh, Gupta Shruti. Effect of stress on hypertension among professional groups at Bareilly: a cross sectional study. International Journal of Community Medicine and Public Health. 2019 Sep; 6(9): 3973-3978en_US
dc.identifier.issn2394-6032
dc.identifier.issn2394-6040
dc.identifier.placeIndiaen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/201727
dc.languageenen_US
dc.publisherMedip Academyen_US
dc.relation.issuenumber9en_US
dc.relation.volume6en_US
dc.source.urihttps://dx.doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20194004en_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectStressen_US
dc.subjectDoctorsen_US
dc.subjectTeachersen_US
dc.subjectManagerial staffen_US
dc.titleEffect of stress on hypertension among professional groups at Bareilly: a cross sectional studyen_US
dc.typeJournal Articleen_US
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