Perceptions of healthcare workers on linkage between depression and hypertension in northern Ghana: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT: Hypertension and depression are increasingly common noncommunicable diseases in Ghana and worldwide, yet both are poorly controlled. We sought to understand how healthcare workers in rural Ghana conceptualize the interaction between hypertension and depression, and how care for these two conditions might best be integrated. We conducted a qualitative descriptive study involving in-depth interviews with 34 healthcare workers in the Kassena-Nankana districts of the Upper East Region of Ghana. We used conventional content analysis to systematically review interview transcripts, code the data content and analyze codes for salient themes. Respondents detailed three discrete conceptual models. Most emphasized depression as causing hypertension: through both emotional distress and unhealthy behav

SUBMITTER: Adu-Amankwah D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11504924 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature