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Journal Article
Knowledge and Prevalence of Hypertension among Cleaners in a University in the Southwestern region of Nigeria
2014
Overview
Hypertension has become an important public health challenge globally because of its high prevalence and concomitant increase in its risk for cardiovascular, cerebrovascular and renal diseases.0 This study was conducted in a University in the Southwestern region of Nigeria. It assessed the prevalence of hypertension among the cleaners and their knowledge about it. It further examined the association between their educational status and knowledge of hypertension, relationship between age, Body Mass Index and development of hypertension. A non-experimental descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The Cluster Sampling Technique was employed to select a total of 228 respondents. A self-developed, semi-structured and intervieweradministered questionnaire was used as the research instrument. Respondents' knowledge on hypertension was just fair. A quarter was not aware of their hypertensive status yet on examination, about 26.3% had developed it. For the unaffected ones, almost half were doing nothing to prevent them developing it. Hypothesis testing showed that respondents' educational status and Body Mass Indexes had no significant association with their hypertensive statuses.
Publisher
Professor Despina Sapountzi - Krepia Publisher of the International Journal of Caring Sciences
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