THỰC HÀNH PHÒNG CHỐNG TĂNG HUYẾT ÁP VÀ MỘT SỐ YẾU TỐ LIÊN QUAN Ở ĐỒNG BÀO CHĂM KHU VỰC NAM TRUNG BỘ

Abstract

The study aimed to describe the good practices and some related factors to hypertension prevention in Cham ethnic minority 18 years of age or older in the South-Central Region. A cross-sectional study was conducted on 5.482 Cham people 18 years of age or older at 11 communes in Ninh Thuan, Binh Thuan, Binh Dinh and Phu Yen provinces from October 2016 to October 2017. The results showed that the prevalence of good practices on hypertension prevention in Cham minority group was low (23.6%). In which, good practices on hypertension prevention with not abusing alcohol (89.9%), less eating fat (84.1%), not smoking (81.8%), physical activity (67.2%), not eating salty food (52.7%), and eating enough vegetable and fruit diet (37.5%). Some factors related to practices on hypertension prevention in Cham ethnic minority group found in the study included age group, education level, occupational, marital status, and knowledge on hypertension prevention (p<0.05). The results highlighted the need for interventions for hypertension behavioral risk factor prevention among the Cham population.