Assessment of Knowledge of Hypertension Risk Factors and Associated Factors Among Hypertensive Emergency Department Visitors at Selected Public Hospitals in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2023
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2023-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Hypertension has been increasing globally, with projections estimating
a 30% increase in prevalence to be expectedly to reach 1.56 billion by the year 2025.
Likewise, hypertension has been increasing in Ethiopia with a recently revealed
magnitude of 21.81%. The growing world burden of hypertension is because of
inadequate public knowledge of the risk factors for hypertension. To the best of the
knowledge of the author, no single study was done regarding hypertension risk factors
before this study in Ethiopia.
Objective: The present study aimed to assess the level of knowledge of hypertension
risk factors among hypertensive emergency department visitors at selected public
hospitals, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, from March 15 to April 15, 2023.
Methods and materials: Hospital-based cross-sectional study design was used. A
convenient sampling strategy was employed to include a total of 200 sampled
participants proportionally allocated to the emergency departments of five
purposefully selected hospitals. data were collected using pretested face-to-face
interview structured questionnaire. The collected data were checked and then entered
into Epidata 4.6. Data that had been cleaned were exported for analysis to SPSS version
27. Statistical analysis using binary logistic regression was performed and the
predictors had a P value of < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.
Results: From 200 planned sample sizes, 194 respondents were included in this study.
Among the study participants, 41.8% & 58.2% had good & poor knowledge of
hypertension risk factors, respectively. Based on multivariable logistic regression
analysis Educational status [AOR=10.15, 95% CI; 3,060, 33,672], disease duration
since diagnosis [AOR=3.21, 95% CI;1.34, 7.66], comorbidities [AOR=2.43, 95% CI;
1.19, 4.92], residency area [AOR=4.38,95% CI; 1.20, 15.90] and sources of
information [AOR=2.96, 95% CI; 1.14, 7.66] were statistically significant with P-
value < 0.05. The results were presented as narrative text, tables, and figures.
Conclusion & Recommendation: The study participants` knowledge about risk
factors was generally poor with almost about nearly sixty percent. The findings of the
study revealed that people are still not aware of the risk factors associated with
hypertension although 87.6% gained health information from health professionals, and
35.6% from mass media. Hence, the stakeholders in the health sector need to
implement a health education program to better teach patients about risk factors for
hypertension.
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Hypertension, Knowledge, Risk factors for hypertension.