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Knowledge And Perception Of Hypertension And It’s Management Among Clients/patients
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Hypertension is an important public health challenge at Auchi Nigeria. The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological survey was to determine hypertensive patients’ knowledge, perceptions, attitudes and life-style practices so as to optimize their health and treatment needs. We examined a cohort of 108 randomly selected hypertensive by means of a self-structured questionnaire and a detailed interview. Analysis was by statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) and chi- square was used for significance tests at 0.05 level. More males 60 (55.6%) than females 48 (44.4%) were assessed. Their age range was 35 – 80 years (mean = 59.05 ± 9.06 years), the modal age group was 56 – 60 years (24.1%). Sixty-six respondents (61%) knew hypertension to be high blood pressure (BP), 22 (20%) thought it meant excessive thinking and worrying while 57 (53%) claimed it was hereditary. Forty-three (40%) felt it was caused by malevolent spirits, 32 (30%) believed it was caused by bad food or poisoning. A few (18%) knew some risk factors. Symptoms attributed to hypertensionwere headache, restlessness, palpitation, excessive pulsation of the superficial temporal artery and “internal heatâ€, but 80 (74%) attested to its correct diagnosis by BP measurement. Although 98 (90.7%) felt the disease indicated serious morbidity, only 36 (33.3%) were adherent with treatment and fewer practiced life-style modification. Thirty-two (30%) knew at least one antihypertensive drug they use. Psychosocial factors like depression and anxiety fear of addiction and intolerable drug adverse effects impacted negatively on patients’ attitude to treatment. We conclude that patients’ knowledge of hypertensionin Auchi is low and their attitudes to treatment negative. Patient education, motivation and public enlightenment are imperative.
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]The reverse is the case after 54 years.Women
then are seen to have more incidence of hypertension due to the
disappearance of female stronger hormone that provides protective effect
against hypertension.Location is an environmental factor which may
limit the ability of adults to seek adequate knowledge of hypertension.
Hamdan, Saeed, Kutbi, Choudhry and Nooh (2010) indicated that
hypertension was significantly associated with age, gender, geographical
location. Similarly, Lech and ... Continue reading---
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CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 5 ]The reverse is the case after 54 years.Women
then are seen to have more incidence of hypertension due to the
disappearance of female stronger hormone that provides protective effect
against hypertension.Location is an environmental factor which may
limit the ability of adults to seek adequate knowledge of hypertension.
Hamdan, Saeed, Kutbi, Choudhry and Nooh (2010) indicated that
hypertension was significantly associated with age, gender, geographical
location. Similarly, Lech and ... Continue reading---
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