Uncontrolled blood pressure and associated factors in adult hypertensive patients undergoing follow-up at public health facility ambulatory clinics in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: a multi-center study.
Menawork SolomonYohannes Mekuria NegussieNardos Tilahun BekeleMihiret Shawel GetahunAbenet Menene GuraraPublished in: BMC cardiovascular disorders (2023)
More than half of the hypertensive patients in this study had uncontrolled blood pressure. Healthcare providers and other accountable stakeholders should urge patients to follow salt restriction, physical activity, and antihypertensive medication regimes. Reduced coffee consumption and weight maintenance are other crucial blood pressure control measures.
Keyphrases
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- public health
- physical activity
- healthcare
- heart rate
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- primary care
- body mass index
- chronic kidney disease
- newly diagnosed
- peritoneal dialysis
- south africa
- ejection fraction
- type diabetes
- social media
- depressive symptoms
- health information
- insulin resistance