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
- healthcare
- physical activity
- public health
- heart rate
- patients undergoing
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- blood glucose
- body mass index
- young adults
- south africa
- weight gain
- peritoneal dialysis
- adipose tissue
- patient reported outcomes
- skeletal muscle
- depressive symptoms
- adverse drug
- metabolic syndrome