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Knowledge on hypertension in Myanmar: levels and groups at risk

Background: Non-communicable diseases, specifically the burden of hypertension, have become a major public health threat to low- and middle-income countries, such as Myanmar. Inadequate knowledge of hypertension and its management among people may hinder its effective prevention and treatment with s...

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Autores principales: Pardoel, Zinzi E., Lensink, Robert, Postma, Maarten, Win, Hla Hla, Swe, Khin Hnin, Stein, Claire, Febrinasari, Ratih, My Hanh, Hoang, Koot, Jaap A.R., Landsman, Johanna A., Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
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Publicado: F1000 Research Limited 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10445853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645316
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14415.2
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author Pardoel, Zinzi E.
Lensink, Robert
Postma, Maarten
Win, Hla Hla
Swe, Khin Hnin
Stein, Claire
Febrinasari, Ratih
My Hanh, Hoang
Koot, Jaap A.R.
Landsman, Johanna A.
Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
author_facet Pardoel, Zinzi E.
Lensink, Robert
Postma, Maarten
Win, Hla Hla
Swe, Khin Hnin
Stein, Claire
Febrinasari, Ratih
My Hanh, Hoang
Koot, Jaap A.R.
Landsman, Johanna A.
Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
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description Background: Non-communicable diseases, specifically the burden of hypertension, have become a major public health threat to low- and middle-income countries, such as Myanmar. Inadequate knowledge of hypertension and its management among people may hinder its effective prevention and treatment with some groups at particular increased risks, but evidence on this is lacking for Myanmar. The aims of this study were therefore to assess the level of knowledge of risk factors, symptoms and complications of hypertension, by hypertension treatment status, community group-membership, and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors in Myanmar. Methods: Data was collected through structured questionnaires in 2020 on a random sample of 660 participants, stratified by region and existence of community groups. Knowledge of hypertension was measured with the ‘Knowledge’ part of a validated ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Practice’ survey questionnaire and categorised into ill-informed and reasonably to well-informed about hypertension. Results: The majority of respondents seem reasonably to well-informed about risk factors, symptoms and complications of hypertension. This did not vary by hypertension treatment status and community group membership. People with jobs (B=0.96; 95%-confidence interval 0.343 to 1.572) and higher education (B=1.96; 0.060 to 3.868) had more hypertension knowledge than people without jobs or low education. Adherence to treatment among hypertensive people was low. Conclusion: This study shows a majority of participants in this study in Myanmar seem reasonably to well-informed, with no differences by hypertension status, treatment status, and community group-membership. People without jobs and low education have less hypertension knowledge, making them priority groups for tailored education on health care level as well as community level, lowering the burden of hypertension. Almost half of the hypertensive patients did not take their medicines and therefore, adherence to treatment of hypertension should be an important element for future health education.
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spelling pubmed-104458532023-08-29 Knowledge on hypertension in Myanmar: levels and groups at risk Pardoel, Zinzi E. Lensink, Robert Postma, Maarten Win, Hla Hla Swe, Khin Hnin Stein, Claire Febrinasari, Ratih My Hanh, Hoang Koot, Jaap A.R. Landsman, Johanna A. Reijneveld, Sijmen A. Open Res Eur Research Article Background: Non-communicable diseases, specifically the burden of hypertension, have become a major public health threat to low- and middle-income countries, such as Myanmar. Inadequate knowledge of hypertension and its management among people may hinder its effective prevention and treatment with some groups at particular increased risks, but evidence on this is lacking for Myanmar. The aims of this study were therefore to assess the level of knowledge of risk factors, symptoms and complications of hypertension, by hypertension treatment status, community group-membership, and sociodemographic and socioeconomic factors in Myanmar. Methods: Data was collected through structured questionnaires in 2020 on a random sample of 660 participants, stratified by region and existence of community groups. Knowledge of hypertension was measured with the ‘Knowledge’ part of a validated ‘Knowledge, Attitude and Practice’ survey questionnaire and categorised into ill-informed and reasonably to well-informed about hypertension. Results: The majority of respondents seem reasonably to well-informed about risk factors, symptoms and complications of hypertension. This did not vary by hypertension treatment status and community group membership. People with jobs (B=0.96; 95%-confidence interval 0.343 to 1.572) and higher education (B=1.96; 0.060 to 3.868) had more hypertension knowledge than people without jobs or low education. Adherence to treatment among hypertensive people was low. Conclusion: This study shows a majority of participants in this study in Myanmar seem reasonably to well-informed, with no differences by hypertension status, treatment status, and community group-membership. People without jobs and low education have less hypertension knowledge, making them priority groups for tailored education on health care level as well as community level, lowering the burden of hypertension. Almost half of the hypertensive patients did not take their medicines and therefore, adherence to treatment of hypertension should be an important element for future health education. F1000 Research Limited 2023-03-21 /pmc/articles/PMC10445853/ /pubmed/37645316 http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14415.2 Text en Copyright: © 2023 Pardoel ZE et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Postma, Maarten
Win, Hla Hla
Swe, Khin Hnin
Stein, Claire
Febrinasari, Ratih
My Hanh, Hoang
Koot, Jaap A.R.
Landsman, Johanna A.
Reijneveld, Sijmen A.
Knowledge on hypertension in Myanmar: levels and groups at risk
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10445853/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37645316
http://dx.doi.org/10.12688/openreseurope.14415.2
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