Prevalence, Awareness and Factors Associated with Hypertension among Adult Residents in Lagos: A Population Based Study

Daniel, Olusoji; Adejumo, Oluseyi Ademola; Adejumo, Esther Ngozi; Owolabi, Rotimi Samuel; Braimoh, Rotimi Williams; Salako, A A

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“…The prevalence of hypertension increased steadily but later declined and was statistically significant across the age groups 18 -24: 4.1%, 25-34: 12.9%, 35-44: 24.5%, 45-54: 36.3%, 55-64: 55.3% and 65-90: 50%. This conforms to studies among traders in Lagos 13 , traders in a regional market Northeast Nigeria 8 , adult residents in Lagos 17 and among traders in Hohoe municipality Ghana 13 but differs from studies among traders in Sokoto Central market 7 and among residents of Ibadan 16 . This is because most participants in age group> 65 years were few in this study compared to other age groups and they also had lower risk factors like consumption of processed foods and drinks compared to those in age groups 35-44, 45-54 and 55-64.…”

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Prevalence, Risk factors for Hypertension among Traders in Lagos.

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Amira²,

Abiola³

2022

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Introduction: Hypertension is a major public health problem with a devastating toll on the quality of life and the economic status of families. The prevalence of hypertension among traders in Enugu was 42% as of 2010. This study focused on the prevalence of hypertension among traders in Lagos because there are scarce data on hypertension and its risk factors among traders in Lagos. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among a total of 391 traders selected from Tejuosho market, Iponri market and Orile Iganmu market. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and blood pressure was read using a digital sphygmomanometer as well as anthropometric measurements. Data obtained was analyzed using Epi-info 7.2 software. Analysis was done at a 95% confidence interval with P value of < 0.05 considered statistically significant. Associations between categorical variables were assessed using the chi-square test. Findings: It was found that 30.9% of the traders had high blood pressure. The leading risk factors for high blood pressure among the traders were increasing age and obesity (44.7% of those with high blood pressure were obese) and physical inactivity. Conclusions: This study showed that more than a quarter of traders in selected Lagos markets had high blood pressure, with majority being shop owners and practising sedentary lifestyles. Recommendations: Health promotion to be inculcated in the activities of traders such as health talk, empowering market leaders and traders with access to health information, health care advertising, bonuses and enforcement of a health insurance scheme for traders in every market.

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Prevalence, Risk factors for Hypertension among Traders in Lagos.

Achonu¹,

Amira²,

Abiola³

2022

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“…11,16 In Nigeria over 50% of the hypertensive population were unaware of their condition, and only a few people had an awareness rate of more than 75 per cent. 11 Several studies done in the country reported a low level of awareness of hypertensive status ranging between 18.9%-51.9% in urban areas 17,18,19,20,21,22 and 14.2%-31.2% in rural areas. 23,24 This high level of unawareness of hypertension is attributed to the lack of knowledge about hypertension and its complication amongst most people especially in less developed or rural areas which hinder early detection of the disease.…”

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“…Furthermore, this has deterred known hypertensives to comply with appropriate treatment with supervision as to achieve control. 11,25,26 Thus levels of control of hypertension is extremely low worldwide especially in sub-Saharan Africa ranging from 3.5-17% 11,17,26,27,28,29,30 even among health care practitioners with adequate knowledge still lacked compliance with antihypertensive medication. 31 The most important complication of uncontrolled blood pressure is morbidity and mortality of cardiovascular diseases (51% of stroke and 45% of deaths due to myocardial infarction.…”

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Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension among Traders in Lagos

Achonu¹,

Amira²,

Abiola³

2022

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Introduction: Hypertension is defined as a sustained elevation in the blood pressure of an individual above levels considered normal for the individual’s age, sex, race, and body size. Awareness of hypertensive status among traders in Enugu was 29.4% as of 2017. This study focused on the level of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among traders in Lagos because of the increasing morbidity and mortality from hypertension in Lagos. Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study conducted among a total of 391 traders selected from the Tejuosho market, Iponri market and Orile Iganmu market. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire and blood pressure was read using a digital sphygmomanometer as well as anthropometric measurements. Data obtained was analyzed using Epi-info 7.2 software. Analysis was done at a 95% confidence interval with a P-value of < 0.05 considered statistically significant. Associations between categorical variables were assessed using the chi-square test. Results: It was found that only 46.6% of the traders were aware of their hypertensive status with 62.5% currently on treatment and less than half (43.3%) being controlled for hypertension. Conclusions: This study showed that awareness of hypertensive status among the traders was low and the majority of the hypertensive traders were poorly controlled despite treatment greater than 6months. Recommendations: Traders to be educated about their health regularly, undergo frequent blood pressure screening and for Lagos state ministry of health to stipulate and enforce guidelines for hypertensive patients to get specialist care by regulating the activities of private hospitals in the management of hypertension.

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Prevalence, Awareness and Factors Associated with Hypertension among Adult Residents in Lagos: A Population Based Study

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Prevalence, Risk factors for Hypertension among Traders in Lagos.

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