Contemporary Risk Factors of High Blood Pressure for Youth Group (18-24) Years for Students of Technical Institute in Baquba and University of Diyala

Yassin, Oras

	Contemporary Risk Factors of High Blood Pressure for Youth Group (18-24) Years for Students of Technical Institute in Baquba and University of Diyala
nursing national Iraqi specility
Article 1, Volume 30, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 103-107
Author
oras yassin
Abstract
Objective: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between high blood pressure and different variables, such as (weight, smoking, amount of salt and water taken daily, and num-ber of hours of natural sleep per person) for young people. Methodology: The study was conducted on students at the student community of the Tech-nical Institute in Baquba and the University of Diyala during the period from September 2015 until June 2016. The patients ranged in age from 18-24 years. All data were collected through a questionnaire that included the main reasons and periodic follow-up of the disease. Results: The total number of samples was 450.The results showed that 33% of all samples have high blood pressure. The relationship between the causes and the high blood pressure was as follows: High weight showed 53%, smoking 40%, daily water intake 61%, daily salt intake 29%. Also, the effect of reducing sleep rate was 83% and it presented the highest per-centage compared with other causes. Recommendations: The study recommends to do further study promote the healthy lifestyle of the youth and confirm on the healthy habits by raising awareness among university stu-dents to reduce these causes of early infection with high blood pressure.
Keywords
High blood pressure; Risk Factors; Youth group

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