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1. Characteristics, treatment, and control of hypertension in public primary healthcare centers in Nigeria: baseline results from the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria Program

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Dike B, Ojji, Abigail S, Baldridge, Ikechukwu A, Orji, Gabriel L, Shedul, Tunde M, Ojo, Jiancheng, Ye, Aashima, Chopra, Boni M, Ale, Grace, Shedul, Eugenia N, Ugwuneji, Nonye B, Egenti, Kasarachi, Aluka-Omitiran, Rosemary C B, Okoli, Helen, Eze, Ada, Nwankwo, Bolanle, Banigbe, Priya, Tripathi, Namratha R, Kandula, Lisa R, Hirschhorn, and Mark D, Huffman

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Adult, Male, Primary Health Care, Physiology, Nigeria, Blood Pressure, Middle Aged, Article, Hypertension, Internal Medicine, Humans, Female, Medical History Taking, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Abstract

BACKGROUND: There are limited data on large-scale, multi-level implementation research studies to improve hypertension diagnosis, treatment, and control rates at the primary health care (PHC) level in Africa. We describe the characteristics, treatment, and control rates of patients with hypertension in public PHC centers in the Hypertension Treatment in Nigeria Program. METHODS: Data were collected from adults ≥18 years at 60 public PHC centers between January 2020 and November 2020. Hypertension treatment rates were calculated at registration and upon completion of the initial visit. Hypertension control rates were calculated based on systolic and diastolic blood pressures

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2022
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