Integrated Blood Pressure Control

Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), a term encompassing various disorders affecting the heart and blood vessels, includes coronary artery disease (CAD). CAD is primarily due to the development of atherosclerotic plaques that disrupt blood flow, oxygenation, and nutrient delivery to the myocardium. Risk factors contributing to CAD progression include smoking, hypertension, diabetes mellitus (DM), dyslipidaemia, and obesity. While aerobic exercise (AE) has shown promising results in controlling CVD risk factors, the impact of resistance training (RT) has not been extensively investigated...

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PURPOSE: Hypertension is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality worldwide. Many people however are not aware of their possession of risk factors for hypertension. There is a paucity of literature in Uganda describing the risk profile of faculty at public universities. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension risk factors among university teaching staff. METHODS: This study was conducted among faculty at Makerere University in Uganda...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension affects more than 1.4 billion people worldwide currently, with that number anticipated to climb to 1.6 billion by 2025 with high mortality and morbidity effects. Medication related problems in cardiovascular disease patients, especially among hypertension patients were found to be high and a critical problem which is associated with high mortality, complication, prolonged hospital stay, compromised quality of life and increase health care cost. OBJECTIVE: To determine medication related problems and its predictors among hypertension patients on chronic follow-up at Jimma Medical Center...

BACKGROUND: Globally, hypertension affects 1.4 billion adults, accounting for 31% of the world population. The prevention and control of hypertension is not addressed only by pharmacological management. Even though the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension and its complications is increasing every day, Adherence to lifestyle modification practice among diagnosed hypertensive individuals is low for a number of reasons. The study aims to assess adherence to lifestyle modification practices and associated factors among hypertensive patients at Bahir Dar city hospitals, in North West Ethiopia...

INTRODUCTION: Non-communicable diseases are comorbid with tuberculosis, however only a few record review based studies have been conducted, which are more concentrated on elevated glucose levels. This study aimed to assess non-communicable disease comorbidity and its predictors among tuberculosis patients. METHODS: A prospective cross-sectional study design was used and the data were collected by a previously validated tool from a sample of 443 tuberculosis patients using cluster random sampling methods...

BACKGROUND: Although people living with HIV (PLHIV) are surviving longer due to the development of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), hypertension continues to be a significant obstacle for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive patients. PURPOSE: This study aims to determine the prevalence of hypertension and its contributing factors among patients receiving HAART in public hospitals in Harar City, Eastern Ethiopia. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among adult PLHIV who receive HAART in public hospitals in Harar City, Eastern Ethiopia, from 20 March to 14 April 2023...

BACKGROUND: The prevalence of hypertension (HTN) differs among regions and income groups, showing a substantial increase in low- and middle-income countries. The development of hypertension is modulated by modifiable lifestyle factors, and uncontrolled hypertension poses a risk for the onset of cardiovascular diseases. OBJECTIVE: To determine the community-level point-prevalence and factors associated with self-reported HTN among adults in Butambala district, central Uganda...

Hypertension is the most potent modifiable risk factor for the development of cardiovascular morbidity and mortality worldwide. Nevertheless, blood pressure (BP) control on a broad scale appears to be insurmountable and has even worsened in the US. Barriers to sustained hypertension control are multifactorial and although lack of patient awareness and socioeconomic barriers to healthcare access may play a role, medication non-compliance and therapeutic inertia are major causes. Renal denervation (RDN) is a minimally invasive procedure that has been the subject of interest in clinical trials for more than a decade and although the first sham-controlled trial could not detect group difference between treated and untreated hypertensives, subsequent, better designed sham-controlled trials clearly demonstrated the BP lowering effect of RDN, as well as its safety...

BACKGROUND: Drug therapy problems (DTPs) are common in people with hypertension and may threaten the effective management of the disease. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence and predictors for DTPs in hypertensive people in North Wollo public hospitals. METHODS: On patients with hypertension, a cross-sectional study based in a health institution was carried out using an interviewer-administered structured questionnaire and medical record review from 6 November 2022 to 18 January 2023...

INTRODUCTION: Hypertension may be common among market salespersons who are mostly physically inactive throughout the day. However, the burden of hypertension in this population remains unknown. In this study, we determined the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among market salesperson in Kitgum central market, Kitgum district, Northern Uganda. METHODS: A cross-sectional study, recruiting market salespersons aged 18 years or older without a prior diagnosis of hypertension or currently on anti-hypertensive therapy was conducted...

BACKGROUND: Despite striking advances in the management of hypertension, blood pressure (BP) control remains suboptimal worldwide. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) call for 80% control rates by 2030, highlighting the urgency for improvements in hypertension control. OBJECTIVE: We aimed to determine the prevalence of uncontrolled hypertension (≥140/90 mmHg) and assess its associated factors in Afghan hypertensive patients. METHODS: We conducted this multicenter cross-sectional study at three Afghan public hospitals in Afghanistan...

INTRODUCTION: Dolutegravir-based anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimens were rolled out as first line HIV treatment in Uganda due to their tolerability, efficacy and high resistance barrier to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). They have however been associated with weight gain, dyslipidemia and hyperglycemia which are cardiometabolic risk factors of hypertension. We assessed the prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among adults on dolutegravir regimens. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study on 430 systematically sampled adults on dolutegravir-based ART for ≥ 6 months...

BACKGROUND: Hypertension is a common non-communicable disease detected through blood pressure measurement that makes periodic health examinations crucial for the detection, prevention, and timely treatment. OBJECTIVE: To assess the frequency of blood pressure examination and its determinant among civil servants in Arba Minch Town, south Ethiopia. METHODS: From February to March 2020 an organization-based cross-sectional study design was employed among civil servants in Arba Minch town...

BACKGROUND: Hypertensive crisis is a significant global health issue that raises the costs to healthcare systems and requires specific attention to improve clinical outcome. There is scarce information on hypertensive crisis cases treatment outcome in the study setting. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to assess treatment outcome and associated factors among patients admitted with hypertensive crisis at Public Hospitals in Harar Town, Eastern Ethiopia. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 369 hypertensive crisis patients who had been admitted to the emergency department of Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized Hospital and Jugol General Hospital from May 1, 2017, to May 1, 2022...

Background: Notwithstanding the availability of effective treatments, asymptomatic nature and the interminable treatment length, adherence to medication remains a substantial challenge among patients with hypertension. Suboptimal adherence to BP-lowering agents is a growing global concern that is associated with the substantial worsening of disease, increased service utilization and health-care cost escalation. This study aimed to explore medication adherence and its associated factors among hypertension outpatients attending a tertiary-level cardiovascular hospital in Tanzania...

Background: Accurate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk appraisal is essential for hypertensive patients to identify correctly their risk status and take efficient behavioral measures timely to avoid major adverse outcomes. However, hypertensive patients' risk perceptions of CVD events in Ethiopia are unknown. Thus, the study aimed to compare the subjective CVD risk perception level of patients with the nonlaboratory Framingham Risk Score (nl-FRS). Methods: A cross-sectional design was used...