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PATIENTS KNOWLEDGE OF HYPERTENSION AND ITS CONTROL IN EASTERN SUDAN
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ABSTRACT
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 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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