Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in Bedele Town, Southwest Ethiopia

F Bonsa, EK Gudina, KW Hajito - Ethiopian journal of health sciences, 2014 - ajol.info
Background: Hypertension is the leading cause of death in the world and is the commonest
cause for outpatient visits to physicians. The objective of this study was to assess the …

Prevalence of hypertension and its risk factors in southwest Ethiopia: a hospital-based cross-sectional survey

EK Gudina, Y Michael, S Assegid - Integrated blood pressure …, 2013 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hypertension is a common medical condition worldwide. It is an important
public health challenge because of the associated morbidity, mortality, and the cost to the …

Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension: a crossectional community based study in Northwest Ethiopia

SM Abebe, Y Berhane, A Worku, A Getachew - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Background Hypertension, being the root cause of many of the body sytem and organs
failure, remains to be a major public health challenge globally. Though the problem is huge …

Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Gondar, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

A Awoke, T Awoke, S Alemu, B Megabiaw - BMC cardiovascular disorders, 2012 - Springer
Background Hypertension is a growing public health problem in many developing countries
including Ethiopia. However, its prevention and control has not yet received due attention …

The prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Southern Ethiopia

B Kebede, G Ayele, D Haftu… - International journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Hypertension is a growing public health problem in many developing countries
including Ethiopia. Determining the prevalence of hypertension and identifying the …

Prevalence and correlation of hypertension among adult population in Bahir Dar city, northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

ZA Anteneh, WA Yalew, DB Abitew - International journal of …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Background Hypertension is one of the most common causes of premature death and
morbidity and has a major impact on health care costs. It is an important public health …

Prevalence of hypertension and its associated factors among adults in Debre Markos Town, Northwest Ethiopia: community based cross-sectional study

M Kiber, M Wube, H Temesgen, W Woyraw… - BMC research …, 2019 - Springer
Objective To assess the prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in
Debre Markos town, Northwest Ethiopia. A community based cross sectional study design …

Prevalence and associated factors of hypertension among adults in Ethiopia: a community based cross-sectional study

H Asresahegn, F Tadesse, E Beyene - BMC research notes, 2017 - Springer
Background Hypertension is a growing public health problem in many developing countries
including Ethiopia. It is a silent killer and most patients are detected to have it incidentally …

Prevalence of hypertension and associated factors in Dire Dawa City, Eastern Ethiopia: a community‐based cross‐sectional study

HS Roba, AS Beyene, MM Mengesha… - International journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Background. Hypertension is a major cardiovascular risk factor that is linked with fatal
complications and is an overwhelming global challenge. Primary prevention is a key to …

Awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension is low among adults in Aksum town, northern Ethiopia: a sequential quantitative-qualitative study

TA Gebrihet, KH Mesgna, YS Gebregiorgis, AB Kahsay… - PloS one, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Introduction Hypertension is a major risk factor of cardiovascular diseases which are the
leading causes of deaths from chronic non-communicable diseases in Ethiopia. However …