Tyralynn Frazier, Sebrina L Doyle Fosco
Nurturing positive mental health and wellbeing in educational settings - the PRICES model
Frontiers in public health
hypertension recent past surfaced one conditions significant impact workforce productivity emerging economies zambia different recent past recorded increasing cases despite impact hypertension great importance regards productivity scarcity data studies hypertensionrelated productivityadjusted lifeyears palys zambia africa large study assessed impact hypertension palys lost socioeconomic factors associated nonadherence antihypertensive medication natam crosssectional study 198 participants livingstone university teaching hospital maramba clinic situated livingstone zambia structured questionnaires used collect data productivity index multiplied years lived used calculate palys descriptive statistics used summarize sociodemographic clinical economic variables multivariable logistic regression used determine factors associated natam participants median age interquartile range iqr 49 years 41 59 601 n 119 females 399 n 79 male estimated palys lost per person due hypertension 02 iqr 00 27 cumulative palys value lost due burden hypertension estimated 87123958 gross domestic product gdp prevalence natam 48 n 95 factors significantly associated natam age odds ratio 094 95 confidence interval ci 090 098 female sex 252 95ci 118 540 selfemployment 257 95ci 102 645 absenteeism work 360 95ci 116 1122 findings study highlight high economic loss palys due hypertension potential impact gdp negatively also found natam reduced productivity income among individuals working age impacting palys lost due hypertension factors associated natam age sex employment status absenteeism work study underscores need interventions targeting young people females selfemployed individuals absentees work improve adherence antihypertensive drugs order reduce palys lost due hypertension