Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control of Hypertension in Nigeria: Data from a Nationwide Survey 2017 |
| Authors: |
Augustine N. Odili, Babangida S. Chori, Benjamin Danladi, Peter C. Nwakile, Innocent C. Okoye, Umar Abdullah, Maxwell N. Nwegbu, Kefas Zawaya, Ime Essien, Kabiru Sada, John O. Ogedengbe, Akinyemi Aje, Godsent C. Isiguzo |
| Source: |
Global Heart, Vol 15, Iss 1 (2020) |
| Publisher Information: |
Ubiquity Press, 2020. |
| Publication Year: |
2020 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
prevalence, awareness, treatment, control, hypertension, africa, blood pressure, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
Background: Previous studies that evaluated the prevalence, awareness and treatment of hypertension in Nigeria were either localized to some specific regions of the country or non-standardized thereby making evaluation of trend in hypertension care difficult. Methods: We used the World Health Organization (WHO) STEPwise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance to evaluate in a nationally representative sample of 4192 adult Nigerians selected from a rural and an urban community in one state in each of the six geo-political zones of the country. Results: The overall age-standardized prevalence of hypertension was 38.1% and this varied across the geo-political zones as follows: North-Central, 20.9%; North-East, 27.5%; North-West, 26.8%; South-East, 52.8%; South-South, 44.6%; and South-West, 42.1%. Prevalence rate did not differ significantly (p > 0.05) according to place of residence; 39.2% versus 37.5 %; urban vs rural. Prevalence of hypertension increased from 6.8% among subjects less than 30 years to 63.0% among those aged 70 years and above. Awareness was better (62.2% vs. 56.6%; P = 0.0272); treatment rate significantly higher (40.9 % vs. 30.8%; P < 0.0001) and control similar (14 vs. 10.8%) among urban compared to rural residents. Women were more aware of (63.3% vs. 52.8%; P < 0.0001); had similar (P > 0.05) treatment (36.7 vs. 34.3%) and control (33.9% vs. 35.5%) rates of hypertension compared to men. Conclusion: Our results suggest a large burden of hypertension in Nigeria and a closing up of the rural-urban gap previously reported. This calls for a change in public health policies anchored on a primary health care system to address the emerging disease burden occasioned by hypertension. |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2211-8179 |
| Relation: |
https://globalheartjournal.com/articles/848; https://doaj.org/toc/2211-8179 |
| DOI: |
10.5334/gh.848 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/d94f9deea6ed4d4788d4a052937501ec |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.94f9deea6ed4d4788d4a052937501ec |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
