Social Determinants of Diabetes and Hypertension in an Urban Slum of Gujarat, Western India: A Cross-Sectional Study.
This study attempts to explore the social determinants of patients with diabetes and hypertension. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in an urban slum on a random sample of 251 patients. The participants were interviewed at their home, where their anthropometry was performed. The social dete...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Light House Polyclinic Mangalore
2019-04-01
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| Series: | Online Journal of Health & Allied Sciences |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ojhas.org/issue69/2019-1-1.html |
| Summary: | This study attempts to explore the social determinants of patients with diabetes and hypertension. This was a cross-sectional study conducted in an urban slum on a random sample of 251 patients. The participants were interviewed at their home, where their anthropometry was performed. The social determinants significantly associated with both diabetes and hypertension were being literate, currently married, having an active occupation, belonging to Hindu religion, being in higher socio-economic group, having financial crunch, having social conflicts at home and inability to perform daily work, except, having professional stress and regular consumption of junk food, which were significantly associated with hypertension. The risk factors significantly associated with both diabetes and hypertension were obesity by body mass index, abdominal obesity by waist circumference as well as by waist-hip ratio, sedentary lifestyle and lack of physical activity. Among the diabetics, 15.7% smoked tobacco, 19.6% consumed oral tobacco and 9.8% were alcoholic; while among the hypertensive, 13.5% smoked tobacco, 25% consumed oral tobacco and 5% were alcoholic. Social determinants of health have significant ramifications on diabetes and hypertension. While assessing the patients with hypertension and diabetes in their clinics, clinicians are advised to address the social determinants of health as well. |
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| ISSN: | 0972-5997 0972-5997 |