Table 6.
Assessment of health care worker knowledge on hypertension
|
Category |
Number of health workers giving response |
|
|---|---|---|
| Nurses | Doctors | |
|
Risk factors |
|
|
| Obesity |
13 |
2 |
| High salt intake |
6 |
2 |
| Increasing age |
6 |
0 |
| Alcohol abuse |
3 |
0 |
| Family history |
2 |
1 |
| Being female |
1 |
0 |
|
Symptoms |
|
|
| Headache |
18 |
2 |
| Malaise |
15 |
0 |
| Dizziness |
11 |
2 |
| Palpitations |
7 |
0 |
| Poor vision |
9 |
2 |
| Asymptomatic |
0 |
2 |
|
Complications |
|
|
| Stroke |
19 |
2 |
| Cardiac failure |
8 |
2 |
| Renal failure |
4 |
2 |
| Peripheral neuropathy |
2 |
0 |
| Blindness |
2 |
0 |
| Death | 2 | 0 |