Primary Health Care for Hypertension by Nurses in Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa
Primary Health Care for Hypertension by Nurses in Rural and Urban Sub-Saharan Africa
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DOI:
10.1111/j.1751-7176.2009.00165.x
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发表时间:
2009-10-01
影响因子:
2.8
通讯作者:
Mbanya, Jean-Claude
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作者:
Kengne, Andre P.;Awah, Paschal K.;Mbanya, Jean-Claude
To implement a nurse-led protocol for the care of hypertension, 5 clinics were established in Yaounde (urban) and Bafut (rural) in Cameroon. International guidelines were adapted and 10 nurses were trained. The initial cohort of patients was referred from a field survey. The program proceeded for 26 months and 454 patients (45% urban) were registered in the clinics. Relative to urban participants, rural participants were more often women (59% vs 45%, P=.002) and less likely to have diabetes (7.2% vs 41.2%, P