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ArticleThe Pan African medical journal2022

Status of the management of hypertension and diabetes in rural Kenya: a multi-institutional joint intervention of cross-sectional surveys.

Ana Morales Ortiz, Robbinson Thindiu, Victor Lopez-Lopez, Maria Jose Gonzalez-Soriano, Herminia Pascual-Saura, Victorio Torres-Feced, Winnie Kanyi, Joseph Mbai, Maria Dolores Hernandez-Palazon, Miguel Gonzalez and 3 more

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Article in The Pan African medical journal, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Ana Morales OrtizDepartment of Neurology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital, Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Robbinson ThindiuKigumo Sub County Hospital, Kigumo, Kenya.
Victor Lopez-LopezDepartment of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Maria Jose Gonzalez-SorianoDepartment of Nephrology, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Herminia Pascual-SauraDepartment of Endocrinology, Morales Meseguer University Hospital, Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Victorio Torres-FecedDepartment of Health Murang'a County, Muranga, Kenya.
Winnie KanyiDepartment of Health Murang'a County, Muranga, Kenya.
Joseph MbaiCEC Health & Sanitation Peoples Government of Murang'a County, Murang'a, Kenya.
Maria Dolores Hernandez-PalazonDepartment of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Miguel GonzalezDepartment of Surgery, Reina Sofía University Hospital, Murcia, Spain.
Quiteria HernándezDepartment of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
José Gil MartinezDepartment of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
José M RodriguezDepartment of Surgery, Virgen de la Arrixaca University Hospital Murcia, IMIB-Arrixaca, Spain.
Hospital Reina Sofía de Murcia · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Introduction: the aim of this study was to analyze the status of the management of vascular risk factors (hypertension and diabetes) at hospital level (3, 4 and 5) in Murang'a County (Kenya) health system. Methods: between July and December 2018 we performed a joint intervention about the strategies for improving care management of hypertension and diabetic patients in Murang'a (Kenya). A survey based on the recommendations from WHO about management of diabetes and hypertension was completed for 9 health-care centers. The survey made use of a semi-structured questionnaire, while the units of analysis for the survey were households. Results: the number of patients recorded at medical registers with diabetes and hypertension registered in public hospitals in Murang'a County were 6628 (0.45%) and y 6694 (0.45%), respectively. In the surveyed health-care centers, no hospital use electrogram and only one had troponin test. No hospital stocked Isosorbide dinitrate and Glicerine trinitate to prevent chest pain in patients with a heart condition. Only 3 of the clinics performed visual acuity examination and no facility did neurologic examination for neuropathy complications. No public hospital had HbA1 and did microalbuminuria test available. Conclusion: it is necessary to improve to establish screening methods, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up of patients with hypertension and diabetes in Murang'a County at the various levels of health care.

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Diabetes MellitusHypertensionCross-Sectional StudiesHumansKenyaRisk FactorsdiabetesHypertensionnon-communicable diseasessub-Saharan Africa

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PMID36523273
PMCPMC9733458
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