Table 2.
Sociodemographic distribution of screening, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among people with hypertension in Nepal
| |
Screened |
Aware |
Treated |
Controlled |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | % | % | % | % |
| Age | ||||
| 15–29 years | 52.0 | 6.2 | 2.2 | 1.5 |
| 30–44 years | 70.3 | 17.9 | 7.0 | 3.3 |
| 45–69 years | 70.5 | 28.4 | 16.5 | 5.2 |
| p-value* | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.013 |
| Sex | ||||
| Men | 64.9 | 17.2 | 9.3 | 3.1 |
| Women | 67.3 | 23.9 | 11.7 | 4.7 |
| p-value* | 0.407 | < 0.001 | 0.105 | 0.105 |
| Marital status | ||||
| Never married | 54.4 | 6.7 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| Currently married | 67.8 | 21.4 | 11.0 | 3.9 |
| Widowed | 56.1 | 25.1 | 13.7 | 5.4 |
| Other (separated, divorced) | 64.1 | 20.9 | 20.9 | 0.0 |
| p-value* | 0.035 | < 0.001 | 0.003 | 0.595 |
| Education | ||||
| No formal schooling | 59.6 | 21.7 | 12.0 | 3.8 |
| Lower than primary school | 67.8 | 21.7 | 7.5 | 2.7 |
| Primary school | 69.9 | 20.5 | 9.2 | 3.6 |
| Secondary school | 67.6 | 15.9 | 8.4 | 4.3 |
| High school | 66.3 | 17.7 | 9.9 | 2.8 |
| Bachelor’s degree and higher | 88.9 | 23.4 | 16.5 | 6.4 |
| p-value* | 0.004 | 0.303 | 0.083 | 0.706 |
| Occupation | ||||
| Government employee | 78.6 | 28.1 | 18.8 | 7.9 |
| Non-government employee | 61.8 | 16.5 | 5.5 | 0.3 |
| Self-employed | 66.5 | 19.4 | 10.0 | 4.2 |
| Homemaker | 66.0 | 21.0 | 10.6 | 4.0 |
| Student | 55.2 | 4.1 | 2.1 | 2.1 |
| Unemployed | 59.1 | 8.3 | 3.6 | 3.3 |
| Other (retired, non-paid job) | 77.5 | 44.2 | 27.6 | 4.2 |
| p-value* | 0.344 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.306 |
Note: * p-value from chi-square test