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Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in patients attending an outpatient clinic at a general hospital in Huambo, South Angola. METHODS: A total of 265 subjects aged 18 years and older were included. Evaluation included complete inter...

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Autores principales: Paquissi, Feliciano C., Cuvinje, Arminda B.P., Cuvinje, Almeida B., Paquissi, Arlindo M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S39561
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author Paquissi, Feliciano C.
Cuvinje, Arminda B.P.
Cuvinje, Almeida B.
Paquissi, Arlindo M.
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Cuvinje, Arminda B.P.
Cuvinje, Almeida B.
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description OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in patients attending an outpatient clinic at a general hospital in Huambo, South Angola. METHODS: A total of 265 subjects aged 18 years and older were included. Evaluation included complete interview and blood pressure measurement using a validated automatic device. RESULTS: The prevalence rates of hypertension and prehypertension were 38.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 32.83%–44.90%) and 30.20% (95% CI: 24.52%–36.22%), respectively. Hypertension was associated with age (>35 years; odds ratio [OR] = 10.09, 95% CI: 5.46–18.66, P < 0.01) and female gender (OR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.08–3.05, P = 0.02). Among total hypertensive patients, 54.9% were aware of their diagnosis, 28.43% were in treatment, and 7.84% had controlled blood pressure. Lack of awareness was significantly higher in younger (age ≤ 37 years; OR = 3.28, 95% CI: 1.13–9.49, P = 0.02). CONCLUSION: This study revealed a high prevalence of hypertension, with low awareness, treatment, and control rates. Greater efforts are necessary to overcome these challenges.
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spelling pubmed-49335332016-07-09 Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control Paquissi, Feliciano C. Cuvinje, Arminda B.P. Cuvinje, Almeida B. Paquissi, Arlindo M. Clin Med Insights Cardiol Original Research OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in patients attending an outpatient clinic at a general hospital in Huambo, South Angola. METHODS: A total of 265 subjects aged 18 years and older were included. Evaluation included complete interview and blood pressure measurement using a validated automatic device. RESULTS: The prevalence rates of hypertension and prehypertension were 38.5% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 32.83%–44.90%) and 30.20% (95% CI: 24.52%–36.22%), respectively. Hypertension was associated with age (>35 years; odds ratio [OR] = 10.09, 95% CI: 5.46–18.66, P < 0.01) and female gender (OR = 1.81, 95% CI: 1.08–3.05, P = 0.02). Among total hypertensive patients, 54.9% were aware of their diagnosis, 28.43% were in treatment, and 7.84% had controlled blood pressure. Lack of awareness was significantly higher in younger (age ≤ 37 years; OR = 3.28, 95% CI: 1.13–9.49, P = 0.02). CONCLUSION: This study revealed a high prevalence of hypertension, with low awareness, treatment, and control rates. Greater efforts are necessary to overcome these challenges. Libertas Academica 2016-07-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4933533/ /pubmed/27398036 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S39561 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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Paquissi, Feliciano C.
Cuvinje, Arminda B.P.
Cuvinje, Almeida B.
Paquissi, Arlindo M.
Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title_full Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title_fullStr Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title_full_unstemmed Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title_short Hypertension among Outpatients at a General Hospital in South Angola: Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control
title_sort hypertension among outpatients at a general hospital in south angola: prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4933533/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27398036
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S39561
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