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- Title
Health Belief towards Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Prevention among Hypertensive Patients in Calabar, Nigeria.
- Authors
A., Ayuk; O., Omoronyia; A., Legogie; K., Nwafor
- Abstract
Background: Hypertensive patients have increased risk of life-threatening complications, if they do not practice preventive measures. This study aimed at assessing behavioural determinants using Health Belief Model (HBM), among hypertensive patients in Calabar, Nigeria. Method: Using descriptive cross-sectional study design, a 25-item questionnaire was used to obtain sum scores for each HBM component. Higher scores indicated higher degree of belief in risk of CVD event. Result: Two hundred and twelve (212) respondents were studied, with mean age of 45.5 ± 10.8 years. Most respondents (86.8%) had none/low degree of belief in susceptibility to CVD event. Also, most respondents had moderate to high degree of belief in severity of CVD (78.3%), benefits prevention (82.1%), and barriers against practice of preventive measures (70.8%). Females had higher mean scores for belief in severity and benefits of CVD prevention (p<0.05). Respondents seen at the wards compared with those seen at clinics, had significantly higher mean score for belief in susceptibility to CVD, and barriers against practice of preventive measures (p<0.05). Consumers compared with non-consumers of alcohol had significantly lower mean score for susceptibility, but higher mean scores for severity, benefits, and barriers against practice of preventive measures (p<0.05). Significantly higher means score for belief in benefits of practice of preventive measures was found for more frequent compared with less frequent consumers of fresh fruits (p=0.00). Conclusion: Most hypertensive patients in the study setting have low level of belief in their susceptibility to having CVD event. The implications of these findings for better prevention of CVD are discussed.
- Subjects
CALABAR (Nigeria); HYPERTENSION; HEALTH Belief Model; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; PREVENTIVE medicine
- Publication
Indian Journal of Public Health Research & Development, 2020, Vol 11, Issue 5, p613
- ISSN
0976-0245
- Publication type
Article