Hypertension (HTN) Knowledge and with Its Associated Factors: About 456 Outpatients Seen in Cardiology Department in University Hospital (UH) Gabriel Touré—Bamako (Mali)

Abstract

Background: High Blood Pressure (HBP) is high prevalent among adult population in Bamako, but little is known about factors associated with knowledge. Methods: It was a cross-sectional study involving patients aged 15 years and more with a first classification in normal blood pressure (HTN−) and high blood pressure (HTN+), and Second classification inpatients without knowledge (who answered No) (K−) and patients with knowledge (who answered Yes) (K+). A logistic regression was performed to look up predictors among different variables. Results: The sample involved 456 patients with a mean age of 51.39 years and 65.1% of female. The age group 45 -59 years old made 32.5% and unschooled patients 60.3%. Patients with HBP accounted for 69.7% and those reporting to know about it 67.3%. HTN− and HTN+ differed significantly except for HR, height, sex and level of schooling. HBP prevalence increased with age up to 74 years. Regarding knowledge, sex, age group and number of FDRs did not differ significantly. High education level and duration of HBP was predictive of knowledge with an OR of 1.186 respectively. Conclusions: Our study provided data on HBP knowledge among outpatients with high educational level and HBP duration associated with better knowledge on HBP.

Assessment of Public Knowledge of Hypertension Among the Saudi Population

“…This study also revealed a statistically significant link between patient education and hypertension knowledge, in which a university and postgraduate degree were independently associated with higher knowledge scores. This was consistent with the studies by Oumar et al, Eshah et al, and Zinat Motlagh et al [ 2 , 12 , 9 ]. However, another study by Lugo-Mata et al is inconsistent with our findings [ 13 ].…”