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Knowledge And Perception Of Hypertension And It’s Management Among Clients/patients
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1.2 Statement of Problem
Hypertension has
been shown to have series of consequences, and adequate knowledge of
risk factors can help in the prevention of hypertension. Therefore,
adults in Owerri Senatorial Zone need to have the knowledge of
hypertension to reduce the prevalence of hypertension disease, improve
health and optimum well-being. But it is likely that adults in the area
may or may not have adequate knowledge of hypertension. Evidence
regarding the knowledge of hypertension does not seem to exist.
Therefore, this study on knowledge of hypertension becomes necessary.
Regrettably,
most adults due to ignorance of risk factors and preventive measures of
hypertension engage in unhealthy lifestyles such as excessive
consumption of alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, excess consumption of
sodium intake, tobacco and cigarette smoking, obesity, reduced intake of
fruits and vegetables, stress and consumption of foods rich in
cholesterol. These unhealthy lifestyle practices have increased the
prevalence of hypertension in the world including Nigeria, which
culminates into high cases of deaths. Hypertension is one of the
problems affecting especially a great portion of the adult population
and currently causes one in every eight deaths worldwide, making it the
third leading killer disease in the world. Ejike, Ezeanyika and Ugwu
(2010) estimated that about one billion adults had hypertension in the
year 2010, and the number is expected to rise to 1.56 billion in the
year 2025. In addition, hypertension is the commonest non-communicable
disease in Nigeria with over 4.3 million Nigerians classified as being
hypertensive. In Nigeria, many people lose their lives to hypertension.
This is not an acceptable situation, considering the fact that
hypertension is preventable and manageable to reduce its impact on the
health and lives of people in Nigeria.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]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 use ... Continue reading---
