Hypertension and its physio-psychosocial risks factors in elderly people: a cross-sectional study in north-eastern region of Bangladesh

摘要

Hypertension has been increasingly cited mortality cause in developing countries including Bangladesh,[1–4]and generally associated with coronary artery disease, stroke, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, peripheral vascular disease, vision loss and chronic kidney disease.[5,6] The prevalence of hypertension in developing countries is 32.3%, while this rate is 22% worldwide.[7–9] Islam, et al. reveal this prevalence is increased from 26.4% in 2011 to 40.7% in 2017 among Bangladeshi adults.[10] In Bangladesh, people aged 50 years and over tend to be acutely inclined to hypertension than any other age groups, and in more need of treatments.[11] More often, elderly people live in a resource-poor setting with limited access to education, financial assistance, active lifestyles and healthcare services, and this living circumstance resulted in a high risk of chronic hypertension and premature death.[12–15] Several researches indicate that hypertension increases with age, however, little is known about the prevalence of hypertension among elderly people and associated risk factors in Bangladesh.[6,16–18]