https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7835009
Introduction: Hypertension has been identified as one of the major public health and medical challenges with 1/4 adults worldwide estimated to have high blood pressure (BP). Objectives: To assess knowledge, attitude and practices regarding hypertension and to measure the association between socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hypertension among adult population. Methods: The cross-sectional study was conducted among the 335 adult populations in Letang Municipality of Nepal. Semi-structured questionnaire was used for data collection. Chi-square test was applied to measure the association between socio-demographic characteristics with knowledge, attitude and practice regarding hypertension. Results: Majority of the respondents (67.2) have knowledge about the meaning of hypertension and symptoms of hypertension (52.2%). Most of the respondents think that regular physical activity (83.9%) and reduce salt intake (84.2%) can be prevent hypertension. Almost 73.4% of respondents didn’t know their blood pressure and never checked their BP regularly (66.6%). Almost 12.8% of the study population suffering from hypertension. The adult Population with age group of 41-60 years (62.6%) was seen significantly good knowledge in comparison to other age groups. The study population having educational level SLC and above was seen significantly good knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of hypertension in comparison to below SLC and illiterate. The study population belong to above poverty line had significantly good knowledge, attitude and practice regarding prevention of hypertension in comparison to below poverty line. Conclusions: We conclude that majority of the study population of Letang Municipality had higher knowledge and positive attitude toward prevention of hypertension but the level of practices was poor
