Modifiable Risk Factors in Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Patients of Banjul, Gambia

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  • Jorge Vega Abascal MINSAP
  • Yodalis Garcés Hernandez
  • Luis Enrique Almaguer Mederos
  • Yulennis Vega Caballero

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Introduction: high blood pressure is a risk factor that could lead to cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Objective: to assess the prevalence  and association of the modifiable risk factors with uncontrolled blood pressure among hypertensive patients in Medical Outpatient Department in Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia.

Methods: a cross-sectional survey was carried out during November 2013; the sample comprised 146 hypertensive patients, after receiving informed consent, hypertensive patients were

interviewed about modifiable risk factors. Patients' blood pressure and body mass index were checked, the data was coded and processed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 15), a multiple logistic regression model was used to estimate the simultaneous effect of several determinants.

Results: the study showed that 52% of patients had uncontrolled blood pressure, 43.8% were overweight, 56.2% had unhealthy diet and 74.7% had  physical inactivity, the predicted risk factors for uncontrolled high blood pressure, using univariate analysis were: unhealthy diet (p=0.000) and uncontrolled diabetes (p=0.007), the multivariate stepwise logistic regression analysis showed that for uncontrolled blood pressure the variables included as predictors:  physical inactivity(p=0.793), overweight(p=0.631), unhealthy diet (p=0.170) and uncontrolled diabetes (p=0.28) were not significantly associated  for uncontrolled blood pressure, the 78.9% of uncontrolled blood pressure had two or more modifiable risk factors, the number of modifiable risk factors were significantly associate with the control of blood pressure (Pearson X2 = 22.667, p= 0.000)

Conclusions: the half of hypertensive patient were uncontrolled, the majority of patients had two or more modifiable risk factors.

 

Keywords: high blood pressure, risk factors, delivery health care, prevention and control.

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Jorge Vega Abascal, MINSAP

Especialista de Segundo Grado en Medicina Interna

Master en Urgencias Medicas

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2016-09-07

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Vega Abascal J, Garcés Hernandez Y, Almaguer Mederos LE, Vega Caballero Y. Modifiable Risk Factors in Uncontrolled High Blood Pressure Patients of Banjul, Gambia. CCM [Internet]. 7 de septiembre de 2016 [citado 13 de junio de 2025];20(3). Disponible en: https://revcocmed.sld.cu/index.php/cocmed/article/view/2245

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