Sierra M Trudel, Emily L Winter, Mary P Guerrera
Nature as Medicine and Classroom: Evaluating an Innovative, Outdoor Course for Medical and Dental Students
Global advances in integrative medicine and health
background noncommunicable diseases specifically burden hypertension become major public health threat low middleincome countries myanmar inadequate knowledge hypertension management among people may hinder effective prevention treatment groups particular increased risks evidence lacking myanmar aims study therefore assess level knowledge risk factors symptoms complications hypertension hypertension treatment status community groupmembership sociodemographic socioeconomic factors myanmar methods data collected structured questionnaires 2020 random sample 660 participants stratified region existence community groups knowledge hypertension measured knowledge part validated knowledge attitude practice survey questionnaire categorised illinformed reasonably wellinformed hypertension results majority respondents seem reasonably wellinformed risk factors symptoms complications hypertension vary hypertension treatment status community group membership people jobs b096 95confidence interval 0343 1572 higher education b196 0060 3868 hypertension knowledge people without jobs low education adherence treatment among hypertensive people low conclusion study shows majority participants study myanmar seem reasonably wellinformed differences hypertension status treatment status community groupmembership people without jobs low education less hypertension knowledge making priority groups tailored education health care level well community level lowering burden hypertension almost half hypertensive patients take medicines therefore adherence treatment hypertension important element future health education