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Hypertension Knowledge and Willingness of Government Officials in a Southwestern Nigerian City to Self-Monitor Blood Pressure
"Self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) is indispensable for the prevention and management of hypertension. Attitude and willingness to self-monitor BP have not been well investigated in Nigeria. This study investigated hypertension knowledge, attitude, and willingness of government officials in a s...
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| 042 | |a dc | ||
| 720 | |a Adebanjo , M. A. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Oluwasanu, M. M. |e author | ||
| 720 | |a Arulogun, O. S. |e author | ||
| 260 | |c 2019 | ||
| 520 | |a "Self-monitoring of blood pressure (BP) is indispensable for the prevention and management of hypertension. Attitude and willingness to self-monitor BP have not been well investigated in Nigeria. This study investigated hypertension knowledge, attitude, and willingness of government officials in a southwestern Nigerian city to self-monitor BP. The study was a descriptive cross-sectional survey and 280 respondents completed a pretested, semistructured questionnaire. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and v2 test. Mean age was 35.7 10.6 years, 57.5% were women and 72.1% had tertiary education. Majority (65.7%) had poor knowledge about hypertension, only 1.8% recognized its symptomless nature. Majority (77.9%) had positive attitude toward being trained to self-monitor BP, while 82.1% were willing to buy self-monitoring devices. Hypertension knowledge was associated with age and marital status (p <.05), while attitude was associated with willingness to self-monitor BP (p <.05). Population-wide, educational interventionsshould be intensified to improve hypertension knowledge and enhance skills to self-monitor BP." | ||
| 024 | 8 | |a 2158-2440 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a ui_art_adebanjo_hypertensiony_2019 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a International quarterly of community health education 40(1), pp. 39–46 | |
| 024 | 8 | |a https://repository.ui.edu.ng/handle/123456789/13003 | |
| 653 | |a hypertension | ||
| 653 | |a self-monitoring blood pressure | ||
| 653 | |a attitude | ||
| 653 | |a willingness | ||
| 245 | 0 | 0 | |a Hypertension Knowledge and Willingness of Government Officials in a Southwestern Nigerian City to Self-Monitor Blood Pressure |