OBJECTIVE: To describe the knowledge of hypertensive patients, in Kassala, eastern Sudan, about the disease, in relation to its control. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Kassala Teaching Hospital, Kassala, Eastern Sudan. SUBJECTS: Patients with hypertension attending referred outpatient medical clinic. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Blood pressure, control status and hypertension knowledge score. RESULTS: Two hundred and forty two patients were involved in this study, of whom 68 (73.6%) were females and were of middle age. The majority were of low education. One fifth (19.4%) was found to have controlled blood pressure. About two-thirds of patients showed a high score of knowledge about the aetiology and complications of hypertension. Half of the patients knew about treatment of hypertension. Patients have a very low score regarding knowledge of symptoms of hypertension (38.8%). CONCLUSION: This study showed good patients' knowledge about hypertension, but such knowledge did not seem to have a significant beneficial effect on blood pressure control. Health education is warranted by health care providers and other factors leading to poor control should be identified and managed.
OBJECTIVE: To describe the knowledge of hypertensivepatients, in Kassala, eastern Sudan, about the disease, in relation to its control. DESIGN: Cross-sectional study. SETTING: Kassala Teaching Hospital, Kassala, Eastern Sudan. SUBJECTS:Patients with hypertension attending referred outpatient medical clinic. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Blood pressure, control status and hypertension knowledge score. RESULTS: Two hundred and forty two patients were involved in this study, of whom 68 (73.6%) were females and were of middle age. The majority were of low education. One fifth (19.4%) was found to have controlled blood pressure. About two-thirds of patients showed a high score of knowledge about the aetiology and complications of hypertension. Half of the patients knew about treatment of hypertension. Patients have a very low score regarding knowledge of symptoms of hypertension (38.8%). CONCLUSION: This study showed good patients' knowledge about hypertension, but such knowledge did not seem to have a significant beneficial effect on blood pressure control. Health education is warranted by health care providers and other factors leading to poor control should be identified and managed.
Authors: John Maginga; Mariana Guerrero; Eileen Koh; Christian Holm Hansen; Rehema Shedafa; Fredrick Kalokola; Luke R Smart; Robert N Peck Journal: J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) Date: 2015-08-17 Impact factor: 3.738
Authors: Fred Stephen Sarfo; Linda M Mobula; Gilbert Burnham; Daniel Ansong; Jacob Plange-Rhule; Osei Sarfo-Kantanka; David Ofori-Adjei Journal: PLoS One Date: 2018-03-19 Impact factor: 3.240