Maryam Bagherzadeh, Leili Salehi, Zohreh Mahmoodi
Investigating preventive health behaviors against COVID-19 in elementary school students' parents: A cross-sectional study from Tehran - Capital of Iran
Journal of education and health promotion
uncontrolled hypertension uh significant public health issue developed developing countries study aimed analyze clinical spectrum degrees severity hypertension antihypertensive use factors associated uh hospitalbased crosssectional study conducted emergencydepartment mogadishu somali turkey training research hospital september 2021 august 2022 total 278 hypertensive patients selected using convenient sampling technique data entered cleaned excel exported spss version260 analysis binary logistic regression model aor 95 ci pvalue005 used determine predictors uh prevalence uh 62 n 172 total respondents 144518 males predominance respondentsn 147 529 age group 4069years almost 658 n 183 participants married 112403 participants formal education majority participants n 192 691 unemployed 22581 patients least one coexisting diseases diabetes common comorbid474 common clinical manifestations observed study group headache21 according stages hypertension patients hypertensive crisis209 among participants 50 calcium channel blockersccbs additionally majority 532 receiving monotherapy patients comorbidity aor 0178 95 ci00660447 performed diet control aor 15475 95 ci666635929 nonadherence physicalactivity aor 5585 95 ci283412792 independent predictors uh prevalence uh among patients hypertension somalia high unhealthy lifestyles nonadherence physical activity major modifiable risk factors uh regular health education followup visits nurses physicians crucial preventing issue providing continuous information lifestyle practices potential complications associated hypertension