Observational studyVascular health and risk management2017
The changing trend of cardiovascular disease and its clinical characteristics in Ethiopia: hospital-based observational study.
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- Prevalence of ischemic heart disease among cardiac patients in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Magnitudes of Risk Factors of Venous Thromboembolism and Quality of Anticoagulant Therapy in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review.Vascular health and risk management · 2022Pooled it
- The prevalence of cardiovascular disease in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis of institutional and community-based studies.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2021Pooled it
- Prevalence of hypertension and its determinants in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
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- Physician adherence to heart failure with reduced ejection fraction treatment guidelines: a cross-sectional study in Northwest Ethiopia.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Article
- Outcomes and drug-related admissions of cardiovascular patients in the emergency department at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.International journal of emergency medicine · 2025Article
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- Stakeholders' perspectives on barriers and enablers of chronic kidney disease care in Ethiopia: A qualitative study.PloS one · 2025Article
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- Sexual dysfunction and its associated factors among patients with heart failure in public hospitals in Gondar town, North and West Gondar, 2024.Reproductive health · 2024Article
- Prevalence and risk factors of mortality among heart failure patients in low resource setting hospitals: a multicenter prospective observational study.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Dyslipidemia and its associated factors among adult cardiac patients at Ambo university referral hospital, Oromia region, west Ethiopia.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Organizational culture and barriers to change in University of Gondar Comprehensive Specialized Hospital Cardiac Unit.BMC health services research · 2023Article
- Burden and predictors of heart failure treatment outcomes in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol.PloS one · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the pattern of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), their clinical characteristics, and associated factors in the outpatient department of the chronic illness clinic of Gondar University Referral Hospital.
methodA retrospective cross-sectional study was conducted among patients on follow-up at the outpatient chronic illness clinic of the hospital from October 2010 to October 2015. The source population for the study included patients with a diagnosis of CVD whose medical records have the required socio-demographic information during the study period. The data were collected from August 2015 to December 2015. Chi-square and binary logistic regression tests were performed to test the significance of difference among predictive variables and CVDs.
resultsOf 1105 patient medical records, 862 fulfilled the inclusion criteria. The majority of the patients were females (65%) and living in urban areas (62.7%). Hypertension accounted for the majority (62.3%) of CVDs followed by heart failure (HF) (23.9%). Headache was the leading chief complaint among the patients (37.7%) upon diagnosis and was the prominent clinical feature in more than half of the patients during their course of follow-up. Higher proportions of dyslipidemia (85.7%), hypertension (72.8%), and ischemic heart disease (IHD) (73.2%) were associated with urban residency (
conclusionHypertension was found to be the most frequent CVD followed by HF, and hypertensive heart disease was the leading cause of cardiac diseases. Most of the patients had improved assessment in the last follow-up, but patients from rural regions and those with comorbidty had higher likelihood of poor cardiovascular outcome.
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