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Introduction
Objectives
Methodology
Survey
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Analysis
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Conclusion
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Introduction
Firstly, we were asked to form a group of 5-7 people and were require to
conduct a survey on the level of understanding of both male and female
students in Taylors University Lakeside Campus aged 17-21 and aged 22-26 of
a common chronic disease in Malaysia.
We decided to focus on the chronic disease which was high blood pressure
for our survey. High Blood pressure is a common disease where blood flows
through the arteries at a higher than normal pressure. Over time, if the blood
pressure is constantly high it will stretch the arteries beyond the healthy limit
and will damage the arteries. This will cause many problems like increase risk
of blood clot and increase workload on the circulatory system for the individual
and it could also lead to other disease such as stroke, heart failure, dementia
and many more.
Studies have shown that in the year 2013, 1 in 3 Malaysians aged 18 and
above suffer from high blood pressure. It is also found that hypertension is one
of the leading causes of death in Malaysia. So in this survey, we had prepared
some questions regarding about the disease and also some little known facts
about the disease.
Through this survey, we will find out how much does the students of Taylor
University knows and understand about the danger of high blood pressure. We
can also determine which gender male or female is more knowledgeable about
the disease.
Objectives
For this survey, we did not select a specific gender to focus on. The objective
of this survey is mainly to test the knowledge of Taylors student of different
age group on their understanding on the disease which is high blood pressure.
Besides that, it is also to further our own understanding on the disease that we
are surveying about. Not only that, we are also to further analyse on the views
of other people on the disease. Finally, we are to collect 350 survey data from
different gender and age group in order for us to compare the results later on
and to tabulate all the data in an organized manner.
Methodology
The questions for this survey were completed on the 27th of December 2015
and we use 4 days of the following week to carry out the survey by distributing
the questionnaire around Taylors University Lakeside Campus. As my group
has 7 people, each one of us is tasked assigned to give out 50 surveys, so that
gives us a total of 350 surveys.
After collecting all 350 surveys back from the students, we complied all our
groups data and create charts for each of the questions in the survey based on
the data we collected. After that, we also analysed the data and calculated the
mode for each of the question to put in our analysis.
Survey Introduction
You are asked to complete the following survey as part of a statistics assignment for
mathematics students in Foundation in Natural and built environment (FNBE) semester 2
March 2015 intake to study the understanding of high blood pressure among the students
in Taylors University Lakeside Campus.
There is no right or wrong answers in this survey. Your response will give us more
information on the subject at hand in order to help us advance in our studies.
There are a total of 15 questions in this survey.
12. Smoking increases the risk of heart attack and stroke threefold in individuals that has
high blood pressure.
True
False
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13. In rare cases, what are the symptoms of those that suffer high blood pressure?
Shortness of breath
blurred vision
Headaches
All of the above
14. People now possess a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure compared to the
olden days.
Yes
No
15. African and Caribbean people are more prone to contract high blood pressure.
True
False
Analysis
65.2% of the Male respondents are in the age group of 17-21 while 34.8% is
within the age group of 22-26.
75.9% of the female respondents are in the age group of 17-21 while the remaining
are in the age group of 22-26.
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1.
MALE
73
51
60
FEMALE
61
59
46
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2.
MALE
56
FEMALE
41
37
12
79
20
16
89
12
3.
MALE
13
54
65
52
FEMALE
11
51
58
46
13
4.
MALE
52
19
113
FEMALE
36
19
111
14
5.
MALE
152
32
FEMALE
137
29
15
6.
MALE
132
52
FEMALE
113
53
16
7.
MALE
159
25
FEMALE
139
27
17
8.
MALE
15
26
102
41
FEMALE
13
37
79
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An individual should check their blood pressure yearly to monitor their health.
However, 55.43% of Male and 47.59% of Female assume that they should check their blood
pressure monthly. Only 22.28% of male and 22.28% of female knows that they should check
their blood pressure yearly.
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9.
Q: What is the most suitable way to reduce your blood pressure, if you have high blood
pressure?
A: All together
Gender
By medication
By changing your diet
By exercise
All together
Frequency, f
MALE
FEMALE
26
22
36
34
24
14
98
96
19
10.
MALE
64
35
85
FEMALE
61
25
80
20
11.
Gender
80/50 mm/Hg
120/80 mm/Hg
Above 120/80
mm/Hg
MALE
3
56
125
Frequency, f
FEMALE
6
41
119
21
12.
Q: Smoking increases the risk of heart attack and stroke threshold in individuals that has
high blood pressure.
A: True.
Frequency, f
Gender
True
False
MALE
158
26
FEMALE
142
24
22
13.
Q: In rare cases, what are the symptoms of those that suffer high blood pressure?
A: All of the above
Gender
Shortness of breath
Blurred vision
Headaches
All of the above
Frequency, f
MALE
FEMALE
51
18
17
12
38
38
78
98
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14.
Q: People now possess a higher risk of contracting high blood pressure compared to the
olden days.
A: Yes
Frequency, f
Gender
Yes
No
MALE
160
24
FEMALE
145
21
24
15.
Q: African and Caribbean people are more prone to contract high blood pressure.
A: True
Frequency, f
Gender
True
False
MALE
55
129
FEMALE
59
10
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Conclusion
In conclusion, the major purpose of our survey is to gather and combine
all the information into a complete table to examine the understanding level of
males and females about high blood pressure or HBP for short. Through the
data collected, males are the majority of the survey with the total number of
184 while females total up to 166 which equal our total participants to 350
people. For males, 65.2% are in the age group 17-21 and 34.8% are from the
age group 22-26. Whereas for females, 75.9% are in the age group 17-21 and
24.1% are from the age group 22-26. In the end, females are more
knowledgeable about high blood pressure.
Based on our research, the average answers given by our participators
shows that Malaysians are somewhat well educated in some aspects but not
all. As an exemplary question, they were asked about how many people are
affected by ratios in Malaysia. Most of them answered 1 in 10 people and 1 in
5 people even though the answer is 1 in every 3 people. This shows that
Malaysians are not aware on how common this disease is. On the other hand,
most of the male and female participants answered correctly with the answer
yes when asked a question whether the disease is fatal or not. The overall
survey showed that Malaysians are not really aware of the dangers and other
important information such as how to prevent high blood pressure from
happening in the first place and also the steps of regulating yourself if one is to
have high blood pressure.
Kementrian Kesihatan Malaysia should organize more campaigns to raise
the awareness of high blood pressure. They should conduct it in schools as a
platform for children to have and that knowledge to bring with them when
they grow up. Another way is to place posters all around populated area to for
the recognition of the disease. If all of these steps are abided, then more
people would be away from the dangers from high blood pressure.
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