Non-pharmacologic hypertension management barriers and recommendations by hypertensive patients at Pentecost Hospital, Madina.

ABSTRACT: The number of hypertension cases keeps rising worldwide. Africa is not exempted from the prevalence of hypertension. The Sub-Saharan region over the years has been recording high numbers of hypertension cases due to low consciousness, poor management and lack of control of urbanization. However, it has been established that hypertension as a condition can be managed by controlling familiar risk factors such as alcohol consumption, tobacco use, physical inactivity and intake of an unhealthy diet. The researchers, therefore, intend to explore the non-pharmacologic hypertension management barriers and recommendations by hypertensive patients at Pentecost Hospital, Madina. The researchers employed the qualitative exploratory-descriptive design using a purposive sampling technique to select 20

SUBMITTER: Appiah EO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10022142 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature