Uncontrolled hypertension among hypertensive patients on treatment in Lupane District, Zimbabwe, 2012

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Goverwa, Tafadzwa Priscilla ^a   Masuka, Nyasha ^b   Tshimanga, Mufuta ^a   Gombe, Notion Tafara ^a   Takundwa, Lucia ^a   Bangure, Donewell ^a   Wellington, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b Provincial Medical Matabeleland North Province ^*  (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

Hypertension; Lupane district; Uncontrolled; Zimbabwe

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; SALT INTAKE;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION COMPLIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SALT INTAKE; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZIMBABWE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SODIUM CHLORIDE, DIETARY; TREATMENT FAILURE; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 84908082812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-703     Document Type: Article

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