Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension among a Rural Jazan Population.

Luai AlhazmiMaged A El-Setouhi Alhassan H HobaniRaed E JarramMohsen J ZaylaeeRakan S HazaziMohammed A NasibAmmar A MusawaAtheer Y HakamiMohammed Salih Mahfouz Omar Oraibi

Published in: Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) (2023)

The global prevalence of HTN is increasing annually owing to rapid changes in lifestyle and dietary habits. Furthermore, because adherence to antihypertensives is poor in rural Jazan, the Ministry of Health and researchers advocate implementing a program to increase awareness and assess patient adherence to prescribed medication for the control of HTN.

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