Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.

<h4>Background</h4>Undiagnosed hypertension is defined as individuals who were hypertensive but did not report having been told by a health professional that they have hypertension. It is an important risk factor for development of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and all-c...

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Autores principales:	Mekdes Dejenie, Sitotaw Kerie, Kidist Reba
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Publicado:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5737914af1d64e938c48eca4adf604152021-11-25T06:23:39ZUndiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0252298https://doaj.org/article/5737914af1d64e938c48eca4adf604152021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0252298https://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203<h4>Background</h4>Undiagnosed hypertension is defined as individuals who were hypertensive but did not report having been told by a health professional that they have hypertension. It is an important risk factor for development of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Despite those problems and benefits of finding individuals with undiagnosed hypertension to prevent its outcomes, no enough investigations have been done regarding the prevalence and associated factors of undiagnosed hypertension. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and its associated factors among bank workers in Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>An institutional based cross-sectional study was held at Bahir Dar city bank workers. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Self-administered structured questionnaire and physical measurement were used to collect data. The data were entered into EPI data 3.1 versions and exported to SPSS version 23.0 statistical software for further analysis. In order to decide the association between independent and dependent variables; multivariate logistic regression analysis was implemented. A P-value of < 0.05 was used as the criterion for statistical significance and OR with 95% confidence interval was used to indicate the strength of association.<h4>Result</h4>In this study from a total of 524 participants 513 were completed the questionnaire correctly, which gives a response rate of 97.9%. The overall prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among bank workers was 24.8% with (95% CI 21.1-28.5). Multivariate logistic regression revealed that age 35-44 [AOR = 2.56, 95% CI: (1.60-4.09)], being male [AOR = 3.61, 95% CI: (1.84-7.05)], having moderate knowledge [AOR = 3.81, 95% CI: (2.29-6.34)], having poor knowledge [AOR = 6.19, 95% CI: (3.07-)12.48], and being physically inactivity [AOR = 2.91, 95% CI: (1.26-6.76)] were variables significantly associated with undiagnosed hypertension.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among bank workers in Bahir Dar city was found to be high. An age group of 35-44 years, being male, having moderate and poor knowledge and being physically inactivity was the variables that were significantly associated with undiagnosed hypertension. Therefore, creating awareness, frequent screening and implementation of an appropriate intervention for this vulnerable group is important.Mekdes DejenieSitotaw KerieKidist RebaPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 16, Iss 5, p e0252298 (2021)
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description	<h4>Background</h4>Undiagnosed hypertension is defined as individuals who were hypertensive but did not report having been told by a health professional that they have hypertension. It is an important risk factor for development of chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality. Despite those problems and benefits of finding individuals with undiagnosed hypertension to prevent its outcomes, no enough investigations have been done regarding the prevalence and associated factors of undiagnosed hypertension. Therefore, the objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension and its associated factors among bank workers in Ethiopia.<h4>Methods</h4>An institutional based cross-sectional study was held at Bahir Dar city bank workers. The simple random sampling technique was used to select the study participants. Self-administered structured questionnaire and physical measurement were used to collect data. The data were entered into EPI data 3.1 versions and exported to SPSS version 23.0 statistical software for further analysis. In order to decide the association between independent and dependent variables; multivariate logistic regression analysis was implemented. A P-value of < 0.05 was used as the criterion for statistical significance and OR with 95% confidence interval was used to indicate the strength of association.<h4>Result</h4>In this study from a total of 524 participants 513 were completed the questionnaire correctly, which gives a response rate of 97.9%. The overall prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among bank workers was 24.8% with (95% CI 21.1-28.5). Multivariate logistic regression revealed that age 35-44 [AOR = 2.56, 95% CI: (1.60-4.09)], being male [AOR = 3.61, 95% CI: (1.84-7.05)], having moderate knowledge [AOR = 3.81, 95% CI: (2.29-6.34)], having poor knowledge [AOR = 6.19, 95% CI: (3.07-)12.48], and being physically inactivity [AOR = 2.91, 95% CI: (1.26-6.76)] were variables significantly associated with undiagnosed hypertension.<h4>Conclusion</h4>The prevalence of undiagnosed hypertension among bank workers in Bahir Dar city was found to be high. An age group of 35-44 years, being male, having moderate and poor knowledge and being physically inactivity was the variables that were significantly associated with undiagnosed hypertension. Therefore, creating awareness, frequent screening and implementation of an appropriate intervention for this vulnerable group is important.
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title	Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.
title_short	Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.
title_full	Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.
title_fullStr	Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.
title_full_unstemmed	Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.
title_sort	undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in bahir dar city, northwest, ethiopia, 2020. a cross-sectional study.
publisher	Public Library of Science (PLoS)
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Undiagnosed hypertension and associated factors among bank workers in Bahir Dar City, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2020. A cross-sectional study.

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