Knowledge, Attitude and Practices Towards Modifiable Risk Factors for Hypertension Among Civil Servants in Akure Municipality, Ondo State, Nigeria
| Main Author: | OLORUNTOBA, JACINTA ASTOSIME |
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| Format: | Article Journal |
| Bahasa: | eng |
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, 2020
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| Online Access: |
https://zenodo.org/record/4072044 |
Daftar Isi:
- This study investigated knowledge, attitude and practices towards modifiable risk factors for hypertension among civil servants in Akure municipality, Ondo State, Nigeria. A workplace population study which was a cross-sectional descriptive study of survey design was carried out in Akure the capital city of the State. The study population comprised of civil servants between the ages of 18-60 years in Ondo State. It was conducted among 500 consenting urban civil servants recruited randomly selected from 7 ministries, and agencies in Akure municipality. A close ended questionnaire containing 45 items was the tool for data collection and it was composed of 4 sections. Validity of the instrument was done by giving the draft of the questionnaire to experts in health education to vet. The reliability of the questionnaire was done with a coefficient of 0.72 which indicated that the instrument had good internal consistency and was adequate for the study. However, only 480 of the selected respondents returned usable questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings of the study revealed that respondents had poor knowledge, average positive attitude and average good practices toward hypertension. It was recommended among others that measures should be taken by health providers to improve the knowledge and practice towards hypertension of this study population. Appropriate workplace interventions need to be developed and implemented to reduce the preventable burden of hypertension. Keywords: Hypertension, Modifiable Risk Factors, Knowledge, Attitude, Practice,
- SPECIAL ISSUE#9, VOL.#2, SEPTEMBER 2020.