Patient experiences and perspectives on hypertension at a major referral hospital in rural southwestern Uganda: a qualitative analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Novel care models are needed to address the large burden of hypertension globally. We aimed to explore how patients in rural Uganda experience and perceive hypertension in order to understand factors that may inform development of a patient-centred care model for hypertension management in this setting.

Design

We conducted one-time, in-depth qualitative interviews focusing on participants' experiences and perceptions of the meaning and management of hypertension.

Setting

Outpatient clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital in Uganda.

Participants

We enrolled patients who had hypertension and had used antihypertensive medication for at least 1 month. We used purposive sampling to recruit 30 participants with similar representation by gender and by

SUBMITTER: Herbst AG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7789452 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature