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Patients knowledge of hypertension and its control in Eastern Sudan
E M Osman1, I Suleiman, A G Elzubair
1Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Khartoum, Sudan.
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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