Association between sleep quality and blood pressure control among hypertensive patients at a rural tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Restorative sleep is critical in preventing hypertension and other chronic diseases. Limited research has explored the relationship between sleep quality and hypertension in Africa. This study investigated the association between sleep quality and blood pressure control among hypertensive patients in Southern Nigeria.

Design

Cross-sectional study.

Setting

A rural tertiary hospital in Southern Nigeria, April to June 2023.

Participants

250 systematically selected hypertensive adults. Participants completed a validated semistructured interviewer-administered questionnaire to assess their sleep patterns, including sleep duration, self-reported trouble sleeping and a history of clinical diagnosis of sleep disorders. Sleep patterns were categorised as rest

SUBMITTER: Oseni TIA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10928733 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature