Cardiology & Vascular Research
- ISSN: 2577-655X
Takele Achalu Dengela
Background: Hypertension is a serious global health issue that is linked to morbidity and mortality. It is a prevalent risk factor for cardiovascular disease. One serious cardiovascular illness that frequently affects people with high blood pressure is diabetes mellitus. Cardiovascular problems are four times more common when both of those chronic illnesses are present.
Objective: the Jimma University Medical Center in South-West Ethiopia to look into the prevalence of blood pressure control among hypertension and diabetic hypertensive patients
Methodology: Adult patients with hypertension and diabetic hypertension at Jimma University Medical Center who meet the inclusion criteria were the subjects of a comparative cross-sectional study design. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 22.1 was used to clean, code, and enter the data for analysis. All variables underwent descriptive statistics using frequency distribution.
Results: 100 people were enrolled in the study, and when the data were analyzed, 56% of the hypertension patients were female and 61% of the diabetic hypertensive patients were male, with SDs of +13.87 and +11.4, respectively. Compared to hypertension patients alone, diabetic hypertensive patients had a higher prevalence of blood pressure management. Among diabetic hypertensive patients, 60% of respondents had controlled blood pressure; additionally, 53% of participants had controlled blood pressure among hypertensive patients alone.
Conclusion: Compared to diabetic hypertensive patients, uncontrolled blood pressure was considerably higher in hypertensive patients. Promoting medication compliance and using two antihypertensive medications helped to lessen the effects of insufficient blood pressure management.