| Autor: |
C, Konin, E, Kramoh, J-B, Anzouan-Kacou, A, Essam N'Loo, A, Yayé, J J, N'Djessan, M, Adoh |
| Jazyk: |
francouzština |
| Rok vydání: |
2011 |
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| Zdroj: |
Revue d'epidemiologie et de sante publique. 60(1) |
| ISSN: |
0398-7620 |
| Popis: |
Epidemiological data concerning hypertension among health care workers are scarce.The aim of this study was to assess the diagnostic process and treatment of hypertension among a healthcare worker population in order to improve treatment.This was a prospective study including 821 healthcare workers from Abidjan's publics hospitals. There were 208 medical doctors, 464 nurses and 149 assistant nurses. There were 59% women, 41% men. The mean age was 42.9 years.The prevalence of hypertension was 17.5%: 48.1% among teaching medical doctors, 13.6% in the group of other medical doctors, 14.9% in the nurses group and 18.8% in the assistant nurse group. After recruitment as a healthcare worker, 86.9% of the cases of hypertension were diagnosed. When hypertension was diagnosed, 74.3% had presented symptoms. The disease was diagnosed by a physician in 77.8% of cases and by a nurse in 22%. In many cases (67.8%), the follow-up was done by a cardiologist; 15.7% by general practitioners. However, 10.7% of the healthcare workers with hypertension had no medical follow-up. Single-drug treatment was most commonly used (49.7%); 36.4% were taking two drugs. Poor compliance with treatment was noted in 71.1% of he healthcare workers with hypertension (clearly poor compliance for 40.5% and problems with compliance for 30.6%). Among those with clearly poor compliance, 29% had stopped taking their medication and seven individuals had declined taking any medication. Poor compliance was most commonly observed among assistant nurses (52.9%) and nurses (42.6%). People taking a combination of two or three drugs complied better with their treatment. |
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