Can a nurse-led community-based model of hypertension care improve hypertension control in Ghana? Results from the ComHIP cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the effectiveness of the Community-based Hypertension Improvement Project (ComHIP) in increasing hypertension control.

Setting

Lower Manya Krobo, Eastern Region, Ghana.

Participants

All adult hypertensive community members, except pregnant women, were eligible for inclusion in the study. We enrolled 1339 participants, 69% of whom were female. A total of 552 had a 6-month visit, and 338 had a 12-month visit.

Interventions

We report on a package of interventions where community-based cardiovascular disease (CVD) nurses were trained by FHI 360. CVD nurses confirmed diagnoses of known hypertensives and newly screened individuals. Participants were treated according to the clinical guidelines established through the project's Technical Steerin

SUBMITTER: Adler AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500340 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature