Table 3.

Patient perspectives on hypertension: causes, complications and treatment

Perceived causes	No of FGD	Perceived complications	No of FGD	Perceived treatment	No of FGD
Stress	8	Sudden death	5	Stress reduction	6
Hereditary	4	Headache	1	Medication	3
Salt	2	Poor vision	2	Salt reduction	3
Fatty foods	2	Heart disease	3	Milk	1
Arthritis medications	1	Kidney diseases	1	Banana	1
Hot pepper	1	Stroke	2	Exercise	1
Red meat	1	Emotional disturbance	1	Cut fat foods	1
Coffee	1	Liver disease	1	Water	1
Viagra	1	Pancreatic diseases	1
Antiretroviral drugs	1	Nose bleed	1
Arthritis medications	1
Obesity	1

FGD, focus group discussion.