Burden and correlates of cognitive impairment among hypertensive patients in Tanzania: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The evolution of cognitive impairment of vascular origin is increasingly becoming a prominent health threat particularly in this era where hypertension is the leading contributor of global disease burden and overall health loss. Hypertension is associated with the alteration of the cerebral microcirculation coupled by unfavorable vascular remodeling with consequential slowing of mental processing speed, reduced abstract reasoning, loss of linguistic abilities, and attention and memory deficits. Owing to the rapidly rising burden of hypertension in Tanzania, we sought to assess the prevalence and correlates of cognitive impairment among hypertensive patients attending a tertiary cardiovascular hospital in Tanzania.

Methodology

A hospital-based cross-sectional study

SUBMITTER: Pallangyo P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8573988 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature