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Knowledge of Hypertension and Compliance with Therapy Among Hypertensive Patients in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study

Knowledge of Hypertension and Compliance with Therapy Among Hypertensive Patients in the Bamenda... Cardiol Ther (2017) 6:53–67 DOI 10.1007/s40119-016-0079-x ORIGINAL RESEARCH Knowledge of Hypertension and Compliance with Therapy Among Hypertensive Patients in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study . . . Bentley Mbekwa Akoko Peter Nde Fon Roland Cheofor Ngu Kathleen Blackett Ngu Received: November 15, 2016 / Published online: December 29, 2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Methods: This was a cross-sectional study ABSTRACT involving 221 hypertensive patients in the Introduction: The prevalence of hypertension Bamenda Health District. Validated has continued to increase and is now a great questionnaires were used. From December burden for health care providers. Obtaining 2014 to March 2015, knowledge of information on the factors affecting hypertension was assessed using a 15-item compliance to antihypertensive drugs is thus scale, while compliance was assessed using the important. The aim of this study was to assess 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. knowledge of hypertension and to determine Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS factors affecting the compliance of hypertensive version 20. patients to their antihypertensive drugs. Results: 14.0%, 53.4%, and 32.6% of participants had adequate, average, and poor Enhanced content To view enhanced content for this knowledge of hypertension, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Cardiology and Therapy Springer Journals

Knowledge of Hypertension and Compliance with Therapy Among Hypertensive Patients in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study

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Cardiol Ther (2017) 6:53–67 DOI 10.1007/s40119-016-0079-x ORIGINAL RESEARCH Knowledge of Hypertension and Compliance with Therapy Among Hypertensive Patients in the Bamenda Health District of Cameroon: A Cross-sectional Study . . . Bentley Mbekwa Akoko Peter Nde Fon Roland Cheofor Ngu Kathleen Blackett Ngu Received: November 15, 2016 / Published online: December 29, 2016 The Author(s) 2016. This article is published with open access at Springerlink.com Methods: This was a cross-sectional study ABSTRACT involving 221 hypertensive patients in the Introduction: The prevalence of hypertension Bamenda Health District. Validated has continued to increase and is now a great questionnaires were used. From December burden for health care providers. Obtaining 2014 to March 2015, knowledge of information on the factors affecting hypertension was assessed using a 15-item compliance to antihypertensive drugs is thus scale, while compliance was assessed using the important. The aim of this study was to assess 8-item Morisky Medication Adherence Scale. knowledge of hypertension and to determine Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS factors affecting the compliance of hypertensive version 20. patients to their antihypertensive drugs. Results: 14.0%, 53.4%, and 32.6% of participants had adequate, average, and poor Enhanced content To view enhanced content for this knowledge of hypertension,

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