Prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 30- 69 years who used Imo state specialist hospital, Owerri, Nigeria from 2009-2013

Abstract

This research work was carried out to investigate the prevalence of hypertension among adults aged 30-69 years who used Imo State Specialist Hospital, Owerri (IMSSHO), from [2009][2010][2011][2012][2013].The study was designed to ascertain the frequency distribution of hypertension and the associated mortality among these adults who used IMSSHO from 2009-2013.Four specific objectives were formulated for the study. In line with the objectives of the study, four research questions and four research hypotheses were formulated. The study adopted the Ex-Post Facto Design to ascertain the prevalence of hypertension in the population of study. The target and accessible population consisted of all adult hypertensive victims aged 30-69 years who used IMSSHO from 2009 -2013. There was no sample and sampling technique. The instrument for data collection was Self-Developed Data Collection Schedule Sheet and the hospital's Medical Records. The validity and reliability of the instrument were ensured. The data collection schedule sheet was approved by the thesis supervisor and validated by three lecturers. The Medical Director (MD) in-charge of IMSSHO signed the data collection schedule sheet and the thesis supervisor confirmed the suitability. The researcher practically visited IMSSHO and retrieved data from the Medical Records. Facts collected were tallied and recorded in the data collection schedule sheet in figures and were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency table and percentage and inferential statistics like chi-square (^2) at 0.05 level of significance. The results of the analyses revealed that there were 556 adults aged 30-69 years living with hypertension from 2009-2013. It revealed that age and gender influenced prevalence of hypertension among these adults. The prevalence of hypertension was highest among ages 60-64 years-150 (26.98%) and lowest among ages 30-34 years-8 (1.44%); and by gender, it was higher among women-306 (55.04%) than men-250 (44.96%). It also revealed that there were 33 deaths due to hypertension, out of which, 12 (36.6%) were men and 21 (63.66%) were women. It further revealed that both age and gender did not significantly influence the prevalence of hypertension mortality among these adults. In view of the results, some recommendations were made which included provision of hypertension centers for free blood pressure checking and 72 multi-sectional approaches among others to ensure early detection and diagnosis, prompt treatment, prevention and control of hypertension.

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