ArticleScandinavian journal of public health. Supplement2007
Understanding and managing hypertension in an African sub-district: a multidisciplinary approach.
Article in Scandinavian journal of public health. Supplement, 2007. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
29 citing papers in PubMed.
- Trial
- A cross-sectional study of vascular risk factors in a rural South African population: data from the Southern African Stroke Prevention Initiative (SASPI).BMC public health · 2007Trial
- Hypertension and the Well-Being of African Migrants in South Africa.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Stakeholder perspectives on barriers and facilitators to hypertension control in urban Haiti: a qualitative study to inform a community-based hypertension management intervention.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Who is at Risk? Social Support, Relationship Dissolution, and Illness in a Rural Context.Sociological inquiry · 2022Article
- Evidence for an expanded hypertension care cascade in low- and middle-income countries: a scoping review.BMC health services research · 2022Article
- Article
- Is "Perceived Water Insecurity" Associated with Disaster Risk Perception, Preparedness Attitudes, and Coping Ability in Rural China? (A Health-EDRM Pilot Study).International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019Article
- Article
- The Role of Older Persons' Environment in Aging Well: Quality of Life, Illness, and Community Context in South Africa.The Gerontologist · 2018Article
- Hypertension and Associated Factors in Rural and Urban Areas Mali: Data from the STEP 2013 Survey.International journal of hypertension · 2018Article
- Effectiveness of an Integrated Approach to HIV and Hypertension Care in Rural South Africa: Controlled Interrupted Time-Series Analysis.Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999) · 2017Article
- Quality of integrated chronic disease care in rural South Africa: user and provider perspectives.Health policy and planning · 2017Article
- One-Year Rates and Determinants of Poststroke Systolic Blood Pressure Control among Ghanaians.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2017Observational
- Quantifying unmet need for hypertension care in South Africa through a care cascade: evidence from the SANHANES, 2011-2012.BMJ global health · 2017Article
- The Use of Qualitative Methods in Developing Implementation Strategies in Prevention Research for Stroke Survivors in Nigeria.Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) · 2016Article
- Chronic disease, risk factors and disability in adults aged 50 and above living with and without HIV: findings from the Wellbeing of Older People Study in Uganda.Global health action · 2016Article
- Understanding Perceptions and Practices for Zambian Adults in Western Province at Risk for Hypertension: An Exploratory Descriptive Study.Global journal of health science · 2015Article
- Capacity of Health Facilities to Manage Hypertension in Mukono and Buikwe Districts in Uganda: Challenges and Recommendations.PloS one · 2015Article
- A Narrative Synthesis of the Health Systems Factors Influencing Optimal Hypertension Control in Sub-Saharan Africa.PloS one · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
- Commented on by
Authors and funding
4 authors.
Funding
Abstract
aimsTo use a multidisciplinary approach to describe the prevalence, lay beliefs, health impact, and treatment of hypertension in the Agincourt sub-district.
methodsA multidisciplinary team used a range of methods including a cross-sectional random sample survey of vascular risk factors in adults aged 35 years and older, and rapid ethnographic assessment. People who had suffered a stroke were identified by a screening questionnaire followed by a detailed history and examination by a clinician to confirm the likely diagnosis of stroke. Workshops were held for nurses working in the local clinics and an audit of blood pressure measuring devices was carried out.
resultsSome 43% of the population 35 and over had hypertension. There was no relationship with gender but a strong positive relationship with age. Illnesses were classified by the population as being either African, with personal or social causes, or White/Western, with physical causes. The causes of hypertension were stated to be both physical and social. Main sources of treatment were the clinics and hospitals but people also sought help from churches and traditional healers. Some 84% of stroke survivors had evidence of hypertension. Few people received treatment for hypertension, although good levels of control were achieved in some. Barriers to providing effective treatment included unreliable drug supply and unreliable equipment to measure blood pressure.
conclusionsHypertension is a major problem among older people in Agincourt. There is potential for effective secondary prevention. The potential for primary prevention is less clear. Further information on diet is required.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.