Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria
Joint Authors
Chijioke, Chioli
Anakwue, Raphael
Okolo, Teddy
Ekwe, Esther
Eze, Chukwuemeka
Agunyenwa, Charles
Nwosu, Nnamdi
Amah, Christopher
Nwadike, Kenneth
Chijioke, Udunma
Source
International Journal of Hypertension
Issue
Vol. 2016, Issue 2016 (31 Dec. 2016), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2016-12-06
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Essential hypertension is the most common noncommunicable disease (NCD), affecting more than half the adult population in many countries and being the major NCD contributor to the double burden of disease in developing countries.
We undertook a survey of the hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in primary and secondary referral health care clinics in Enugu, Nigeria, and compared these data with those obtained in local community surveys.
The prevalence of hypertension in the primary care clinic (9.2%) was lower than in a previously reported community survey (42.2%), while, in the referral clinic, 70.3% of patients attending were hypertensive.
Hypertension awareness rates were 91.9%, 29.4%, and 93.2% in these respective health care settings.
Treatment and control rates (89.9% and 72.9%) were better in the secondary care clinic than in the primary care centre (87.7% and 46.0%).
(Chi-square analysis confirmed statistically significant differences between these rates (p<0.05).) These data may form a useful index of health care system effectiveness in Nigeria.
Possible reasons for the differences observed and effective strategies to address the waxing pandemic of hypertension are discussed.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Chijioke, Chioli& Anakwue, Raphael& Okolo, Teddy& Ekwe, Esther& Eze, Chukwuemeka& Agunyenwa, Charles…[et al.]. 2016. Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Hypertension،Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Chijioke, Chioli…[et al.]. Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Hypertension No. 2016 (2016), pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106235
American Medical Association (AMA)
Chijioke, Chioli& Anakwue, Raphael& Okolo, Teddy& Ekwe, Esther& Eze, Chukwuemeka& Agunyenwa, Charles…[et al.]. Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Primary Health Care and Secondary Referral Medical Outpatient Clinic Settings at Enugu, Southeast Nigeria. International Journal of Hypertension. 2016. Vol. 2016, no. 2016, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1106235
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1106235