| Patients knowledge of hypertension and its control in Eastern Sudan. | |
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PMID: 17886426 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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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. |
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Authors:
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E M Osman; I Suleiman; A G Elzubair |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: East African medical journal Volume: 84 ISSN: 0012-835X ISO Abbreviation: East Afr Med J Publication Date: 2007 Jul |
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Created Date: 2007-09-24 Completed Date: 2007-11-08 Revised Date: 2007-11-15 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0372766 Medline TA: East Afr Med J Country: Kenya |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 324-8 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan. |
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Adult Aged Blood Pressure Cardiovascular Diseases Cross-Sectional Studies Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Hospitals, Teaching Humans Hypertension / complications, prevention & control*, psychology Male Middle Aged Outpatient Clinics, Hospital Patient Education as Topic* Risk Factors Sudan |
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