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INTRODUCTION
Hypertension is a common and major public health problem associated with a high
remains the major risk factor for heart failure, stroke, coronary artery disease, and
chronic renal failure in Nigeria (Ogah et al., 2022). Hypertension which was
(Onwubere et al., 2021). This may be attributed to a growing increase in the age
Nigeria has progressively increased from 10.1–13.3% and 8.9% in the late sixties
to between 38.8 to 44.5% and 34.8% recently in rural and urban communities,
Hypertension or high blood pressure is a common and serious condition that can
and mortality directly correlated with blood pressure also are risk of stroke,
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myocardial infarction (MI), angina, heart failure, kidney failure or early death from
a cardiovascular origin. Blood pressure generally rises with age and hypertension
has also a variety of causes, which can be as a result of side effects of certain
other hormonal drugs. Obesity, heredity and lifestyle also play a role in the
differ between individuals depending on factors such as the level of blood pressure,
age, underlying cause, medical history, the presence of complications and general
Most of these studies were done either in the South-West or the South-East Nigeria
and very few were done in South-South, Nigeria. As a result of these identified
hypertension among artisans in Owerri West, Imo State and also identify other risk
Hypertension is not uncommon in young adults; the incidence among young adults
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problem worldwide because of the cumulative longevity and prevalence of
contributing factors such as obesity, physical inactivity and also unhealthy diets.
Regrettably, most adults due to ignorance of risk factors and preventive measures
cigarette smoking, obesity, reduced intake of fruits and vegetables, stress and
culminates into high cases of deaths. Hypertension is one of the problems affecting
especially a great portion of the adult population and currently causes one in every
eight deaths worldwide, making it the third leading killer disease in the world.
Ejike, Ezeanyika and Ugwu (2010) estimated that about one billion adults had
hypertension in the year 2010, and the number is expected to rise to 1.56 billion in
disease in Nigeria with over 4.3 million Nigerians classified as being hypertensive.
In Nigeria, many people lose their lives to hypertension. This is not an acceptable
make a diagnosis of hypertension in a young person, and may also lack confidence
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about how to investigate and treat the condition. Also, there is evidence that
iv. To identify the relationship between dietary habits and hypertension among
1.4Research Questions
State, Nigeria?
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ii. What is the relationship between tobacco smoking and hypertension among
iii. What is the relationship between family history and hypertension among
iv. What is the relationship between dietary habits and hypertension among
1.5Research Hypothesis
Imo State
State
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H04: Family history has no significant relationship with hypertension among
Hypertension is not common only with the elderly but affects individuals of all age
possibly in children and adolescents includes the following: high blood cholesterol
levels, being overweight, inactivity, smoking, kidney and heart disease, and use of
The young nowadays engage in activities that render them prone to the
alcoholism and smoking; and they engage in little or no physical activities. This
study will help promote the awareness that hypertension is real among young
and mobilise our communities towards mitigating the disease among this group of
people.
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1.7 Scope of the Study
The study will be limited to artisans in Owerri West, Imo State, Nigeria.
stress.
Body mass index: a weight to height ratio is a record of how much weight you
have in relation to how tall you are (kg/m2). The World Health Organization
(WHO) definitions were used to describe it: the reference (which is normal Body
mass index) was set at 18.5 to 24.9 kilogram per meter squared, overweight was
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Obesity: a buildup of fat in the body that is excessive. Obesity was considered as
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CHAPTER TWO
LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1.1 Hypertension
Hypertension can be defined in two ways; first hypertension can be defined as high
diseases (NCDs) are estimated to cause 41 million deaths every year, equivalent to
71% of all deaths worldwide. The most affected age group is 30-69 years, where
15 million of them die from NCDs every year. Cardiovascular disease accounts for
17.9 million deaths, Cancer accounts for 9.3 million deaths, respiratory diseases
accounting for 4.1 million deaths and diabetes 1.5 million deaths annually (WHO,
increased from about 4.5 percent (nearly1 billion adults) in 2000 to 7 percent in
2010 (Bromfield et al., 2013). This makes hypertension the single most important
cause of morbidity and mortality globally and highlights the urgent need of action
on current epidemiological data suggest that this figure will rise to one hundred
and fifty (150) million by 2025 (Mills et al., 2016). Risk factors for hypertension
are increasing among African urban as well as rural populations (Mathenge et al.,
2010)
leagues, recognized that more than 50% of the hypertensive populations worldwide
countries like USA, Canada and England, awareness of hypertension status was at
81%, 83% and 65% respectively (Joffres et al., 2013). This could be due to
country. For instance, in a study done in adults of urban Ilala district and Rural
Shari village of Kilimanjaro Tanzania by Edwards et al., (2000), just fewer than
20% of the hypertensive participants were aware of their diagnosis. This was a two
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linked cross-sectional population base survey done. The awareness between the
urban and the rural participants was not differentiated and may be it could have
been higher in the urban residents due to easy access to information in the urban
among 842 adult residents aged 20 years or older of the rural district of Rukungiri
was very low, with nine out of ten unaware of their condition (Wamala et al.,
2009). However, in both studies hypertension awareness was not categorized with
hypertension status between 7% and 56%. This was based on studies published
survey conducted on 734 participants aged 15 years or older, only 35.1% of them
were aware of their hypertension status (Gudina et al., 2013). In Angola, though
province, amongst the hypertensive individuals, only 21.6% were aware of their
status (Pires et al. 2013). Awareness of hypertension status was more in the
females than the males, and increase with advance in age. This low awareness of
hypertension status reported in this study could have been attributed to the lower
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cut off for the upper age limit of the study participants and since awareness
increases with advance age (Mathenge et al., 2010), the study could have included
hypertension status, it is true females were more aware of their status because
generally females tend to be more concerned about their health than their male
However, the awareness of hypertension status was much higher than that found in
South Eastern Nigeria which was at 2.8% (Andy et al., 2012). This was a cross-
sectional study involving 3869 participants 15 years and above in three rural
communities in the Cross River and Akwa Ibom states of Nigeria. The difference
could be due to inclusion of more of the elderly in the Angola study than the
Nigeria study and also the Angola study had a smaller sample size. The Nigeria
study had a limitation in that there was no age and sex categorization of
Several studies done have showed that environmental and lifestyle risk factors
individuals in the society. There exist long term and short-term impact of
numerous environmental factors reported to affect blood pressure, and they keep
than 150 minutes per week on physical activities, eating less fruit and vegetables
fewer than five times per day, being obese, having diabetes and having chronic
disease were all associated with increased risk of elevated blood pressure. The
reported prevalence of hypertension for those respondent with those six factors was
55% in women and 44% in men aged 20-39 years (Leung et al., 2019).
Study conducted among 11,517 respondent aged 35-79 years in China on urban
among urban residents aged 35-79 was high (Huang et al., 2019). Another study
done in South Africa among 451 participants, from 2017 to 2019 reported
nutritious foods, recreational physical activity and accessing of health care the risk
factors to high blood pressure (Jongen et al., 2019). Study done in India from 2015
to 2016 among 811,917 people aged 15-49 years, concluded that obesity and
2019).
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A study carried out in the South Africa in 2019 among 329 participants reported
Study done in University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, found the association of
drugs use with the rising incidences of hypertension (Viera et al., 2010). Young
adults who use drugs that cause vasoconstriction, a narrowing of the blood vessels,
often suffer from high blood pressure (Van Amsterdam et al., 2012). Cocaine is the
most common drug that causes high blood pressure. Some legal medications such
as steroids, cold-relief medicines and birth control pills also can cause
physical activity and adoption of "Western" diets that are high in salt, refined sugar
and unhealthy fats and oils (Okwuonu et al., 2014). There is a direct effect between
high levels and specific patterns of alcohol consumption (such as binge drinking)
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and rising risk of hypertension (Van Vijver et al., 2013). Fruit and vegetable
Most of the benefits of fruits and vegetables come from reduction in CVD and risk
intake, many people in Africa often consume too much salt per day or twice the
mmols per day, reduces blood pressure in normotensive people significantly within
four to five days (Oladapo et al., 2013). Stress has been associated with
hypertension. Severe stress can lead to a temporary but dramatic spike in blood
pressure, over time this might contribute to high blood pressure, although not
drinking too much, or smoking, which may themselves be independent risk factors
(Osuala, 2017).
inadequate fruits and vegetables intake (Osuala, 2017). Fruit and vegetable
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consumption is one element of a healthy diet and varies considerably among
Most of the benefits of fruits and vegetables come from reduction in CVD and its
risk factors, particularly hypertension (Kai et al, 2013). Findings from a cross-
sectional study conducted in Kenya in 2015 among participants aged 18-69 years
revealed higher body mass index and alcohol consumption as the risk factors of
the society, which includes hospital clients, age groups, gender, urban and rural
settings and among the working class (Samuel, 2017). Most of the studies
reviewed adopted a cross-sectional design method with the smallest sample size at
studies that compared hypertension in (semi) urban and rural settings, prevalence
was higher among urban dwellers with the exception of Okpechi et al (2013). The
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semi-urban and rural setting prevalence in the study of Ulasi, Ijoma & Onodugo
(2010) was 35.4% to 32.0% among the 1458 adults in the semiurban community of
socio-culture nomenclature whereby they believe in gods, chief priests and native
doctors for healing before seeking medical care. Abegunde & Owoaje’s (2013)
cross-sectional study in Iseyin (urban) and Ilua (rural) Oyo state tested
hypertension among adults of age 60 years and above. Consumption of dietary fat
and lack of exercise are the lifestyle behaviours that are considered effects of
the 316 urban populations in the study. With an. exceptional result, Okpechi et al
(2013) found out that the prevalence of hypertension among their urban
respondents (30.7%) is lower than that of the rural respondents (32.0%). OkpechI
reversal of the urban-rural hypertension prevalence trend. On the one hand, the
result was attributed to the disparity in the education, income and tobacco use in
the urban and rural settings. On the other hand, the difference in the age might
have influenced the results, as the participants from the rural community were
older than those in the urban setting. In the University of Ibadan, Ige, Owoaje &
Adebiyi (2013) conducted a cross-sectional survey of staff members with the aim
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of documenting the prevalence of self-reported Non-Communicable Diseases and
group in urban South-West Nigeria. University workers are referred to as high risk
because of the white and blue collar jobs they engage in within the university
community where ready access to transportation and fast food are available, hence
they are less likely to adhere to regular exercise and healthy diet which will reduce
samples, the hypertension prevalence was found out to be 21.5%. Though all the
above the age of 40. The high prevalence of hypertension among this group
limited perceived risk of contracting the disease, which affects their choice and
study consisting of 5,733 children and adults ages 3 to 78 years, Ajayi et al (2017)
investigated the blood pressure pattern and hypertension risk factors among
dwellers of Mokola, Ibadan, Oyo State. The respondents who were selected
through the multistage cluster sampling are mostly traders and public service
participants (27.3%), the study also reports that 12.8% of the children participants
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who are below the ages of 18 are hypertensive. The major contributory factor of
hypertension in this study is obesity among the children and middle age (35-55
years) among adults. Similarly, the study of Emmanuel et al (2017) found out that
Ekiti, Nigeria. The 416 students aged 10-19 years recorded a higher prevalence of
hypertension in females, which the authors opine might be as a result of the greater
delay in pubertal growth among males. They also discovered that high Body Mass
adolescents.
The prevalence of hypertension in all the studies reviewed is considered high and
certain lifestyle behaviours adopted by the respondents were mostly responsible for
diet and occupational stress top the chart of the contributing factors of
hypertension. This is even more prevalent among workers who seem to go through
occupational stress, hardly have time to exercise and consume an unhealthy diet,
making them obese. Perhaps, people are not knowledgeable about lifestyle
behaviours that would help them prevent hypertension. Therefore, all the studies
hypertension and its risk factors across the different populations in Nigeria.
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2.1.5 Knowledge, Attitude and Practice concerning Hypertension in Nigeria
assess the knowledge of the etiology, risk factors and prevention of hypertension
prevalence and strategies for better health education. Akindele & Ayankogbe’s
among the people of Ifako-Ijaye in Lagos state. The study recorded that 79.2% of
the 250 respondents have heard of high blood pressure. Though the participants
recorded a high rate of being aware of the illness hypertension, only 21.6% were
aware that they were hypertensive at the beginning of the study, while a greater
be limited as 34% did not know any, while others associated it to difficulty in
Ojimadu, Okaka & Akemokwe (2014) reported that only 23.4% had the knowledge
were not aware of the cause of hypertension, hoped to be cured of it. According to
worrisome, as people who are already hypertensive do not have the knowledge of
their condition.
In the Atlantic Coastline of rural Lagos state, Afolabi, Ajibade, Ganiyu & Abu
(2015) discovered that 43% of their 77 female-focused study did not know what
hypertension is. Others associated high blood pressure to fear (14%), excessive
means fast breathing, shock and fatigue. Health-enhancing behaviour such as blood
detection and prevention of hypertension. This practice according to this study has
their study sample had never measured their blood pressure before while only 29%
had measured their blood pressure within the last 6 months prior to the study. The
study also revealed that participants had their blood pressure measured because of
illnesses, pregnancy and during a general check-up. Sadly, 71% of them were not
Among the students and staff of Benue State University, Okpara, Utoo & Bako
participants, 78.4% were not aware of their blood pressure and were incidentally
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diagnosed of hypertension during this study. About 69.9% of those discovered to
be hypertensive had also not measured their blood pressure in more than 6 months
prior to the study. Such low level of awareness and practice in an academic
studied by Ajewole, Fasoro & Agbana (2017) have heard about hypertension
awareness level of private and public secondary school teachers in Gbonyin Local
Government Area of Ekiti State, on hypertension. This was born out of the
awareness. All of the randomly selected 203 respondents whose returned copies of
questionnaire were considered valid have all heard about hypertension. However,
78.4% of the teachers in the study were hypertensive, but were unaware of their
status. In addition to this finding on awareness, their low knowledge rate about the
risk factors of hypertension brought the authors to the conclusion that there is a
study, which had been conducted in multiple waves from 2003/2004 to 2009. The
1469 sample of Raji et al (2017) consist of adults who are 60 years and above.
With the help of 24 trained interviewers, this study assessed its participants
78% newly diagnosed hypertensive patients was significantly associated with low
proposed the best and most efficient ways to control chronic diseases such as
hypertension with tobacco smoking cessation being the most urgent intervention
needed for the control (Fu et al., 2017). Various researchers have sought to
being patients with various conditions. There have been associations determined
between tobacco smoking and hypertension while others have found no association
Smoking was shown to be widespread in 30.2% of adult patients with severe and
persistent mental disorders (Hamadeh et al., 2016). This research was done in
Bahrain.
for 10.4% (9.0–11.7) of the population, whereas ever smokers accounted for
17.7%. In both categories, this was higher among males than among women. It was
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seen that In Nigeria in 2015, The average daily cigarette use for each individual
was 10.1 (6.1-14.2), equating to one hundred and ten million cigarettes daily and
The association between cigarette smoking with blood pressure in males was
exhibited higher odds of high blood pressure while current smokers did not.
Current smokers had lower adjusted blood pressure than nonsmokers as well as
previous smokers, according to the data (Li et al., 2017). Health literacy and
changed. However, the effect of this risk factor can be reduced by making lifestyle
changes. Studies have been done among different cohorts to determine the
association between family history and hypertension. Some of the studies have
family history of high blood pressure to be 43%. This was a survey that was
crosssectional done among 5,000 adultsfrom Sri Lanka. Ranasinghe et al. (2015)
carried out research to find out the impact of the history of the family to the
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prevalence of hypertension as well as related metabolic risk variables. The study
sample was drawn from a sample that was representative of nationality in Sri
Lanka. Patients having history in the family in high blood pressure had a
substantially greater high blood pressure prevalence (29.3%, n = 572 over 1951) as
compared to those without (24.4%, n = 616 over 2530). The existence of history of
high blood pressure in the family in parents (odds ratio: 1.28), grandparents (odds
ratio: 1.34), as well as siblings (odds ratio: 1.27) was linked to an increased risk of
acquiring high blood pressure for all individuals. It was concluded that high blood
pressure prevalence was increase when having a family history with high blood
Dietary habits have been shown to be associated with hypertension. The dietary
consumption on fatty foods among other habits. Some studies are discussed below.
In a study by Safdar et al. (2015) dietary patterns had; fruit and vegetable, sweet
and fat, and seafood and patterns of yogurt were obtained by the use of factor
patterns of diet could be associated with high blood pressure for urban adults in
Pakistani who earn low income. The studied show that there is an association
between body mass index and hypertension despite some studies showing no
Within the context of limited resources, in most of Africa, the greatest gains in
detection and adequate control (Beaglehole et al., 2011). For most African
communities the major obstacle to the control of blood pressure is the absence of
appropriate services at the primary health care levels of the health service delivery
system (Van Vijver et al., 2013). The commonality of many risk factors for
also be helpful in the reduction of stress and anxiety (Marvar et al., 2014). There
are also a number of drugs that can treat high blood pressure, including beta-
these conditions are potentially curable. On the other hand, patients with severely
failed free tuberculosis (TB) program for health screening, social psychologists
Kegels and Hochbaum, Rosenstock, of the United States Public Health Service
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established the Health Belief Model in 1950s. Health Belief Model now has been
risk of a significant health problem. The thought that one can develop hypertension
or maybe knowing those at risk can aid improve the health behavior of those who
the condition.
hypertension is. It’s feasible having a positive attitude toward improved health-
practices that help prevent hypertension if properly talked about impact or effects
recommended health action. They include: a family member's illness or death from
hypertension.
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Perceived threat: A person's belief or view that hypertension can lead to death or
even cause negative health impacts may lead them believing there to be a reason
towards mitigating threat. Knowing one’s blood pressure by getting tested and
religious variables can all prevent people from implementing suggested health
disease.
available on hypertension, one might assess the risks of hypertension against the
benefits and drawbacks of avoiding risk factors and having blood pressure checked
as preventive strategies
A study done in Brazil to estimate the prevalence and the risk factors associated
with hypertension concluded that obese, overweight or former smokers were the
risks to hypertension, (Wenzel, Souza, & Souza, 2009). This cross-sectional study
was done among 380 male military personnel with ages ranging from 19-35years
and used multiple regressions to analyse association with 90% confidence interval.
association of weight gain to ex-smokers would have been the probable factors that
affected the results as prevalence set of overweight and obesity was 36%.
cross sectional data on 4092 of age 25-70 years black women, the data was
analysed using ANOVA and multiple logistic regression, (Ayo & Omole, 2008).
The daily eight times smokeless tobacco users, resulted in high systolic and
and 77mmHg). Even though the authors found hypertension prevalence to be high
(23.9%) among snuff users than non-users (17%), the association lacked to indicate
the authors pointed out that the amounts of snuff consumed have a detrimental risk
pressure was measured and 5mls of blood was collected to determine the blood
sugar and lipid profile. The prevalence of Systolic and Diastolic hypertension were
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138(26.5%) and 183(35.2%), diabetes mellitus 30(5.8%), Obesity 48(9.2%) and
(AOR: 4.10; 95% CI: 2.44 - 7.11), having BMI >30(AOR: 2.47; 95% CI: 1.57 -
3.66), lack of physical activity (AOR: 2.31; 95% CI: 1.24 - 5.04), high serum uric
acid (AOR: 3.21; 95% CI: 1.55- 6.59) as independent risk factors of hypertension.
30(obesity), lack of vigorous physical activity were the major modifiable risk
factor while age greater than 40 years was found to be the non-modifiable risk
hypertension among young adults aged 18-35 years attending Tenwek Mission
Hospital. Purposive sampling was used to select the cases whereas the controls
were selected using simple random sampling after they had received their
used during data collection. Data collected were entered into MS excel then later
transferred to STATA version 14.1 for cleaning and analysis. Level of awareness
hypertension, where all covariates with p-value ≤ 0.1 were included in the adjusted
2.5 times likely to suffer from hypertension compared to their males counterpart
of public for early tracking and tracing of young adults with hypertension to plan
adults aged 35 years resident in selected communities in Imo and Kaduna states,
pressure (BP) and glucose screening practices were also examined as outcome
regular BP and BG level checks. Despite the high awareness rate of hypertension
and diabetes observed in this study and a relatively good knowledge about the two
healthy behaviours.
Mbah et al., 2013 determined the prevalence and the risk factors of hypertension
among middle - aged persons in Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area, Imo
State. A total of 200 subjects aged 40-60 years were selected and used for the
study. Anthropometric measurements (weight and height) were taken. Body Mass
Index (BMI) of the subjects was also calculated. The blood pressure measurements
of the subjects were also collected using a sphygmomanometer and then classified
risk factors associated with hypertension among the subjects. The Statistical
Package for social sciences was used for data analyses. The prevalence of
hypertension (32.5%) was found among the subjects with a higher proportion in
female subjects (20.0%) than males (12.5%). A quarter of the subjects (25.0%)
were either overweight or obese. Less than half (30.0%) of the subjects had a
salty foods. These were all implicated as the risk factors of high blood pressure.
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the public on the risk factors of hypertension especially high BMI and wrong
hypertension among adults aged 30-69 years who used Imo State Specialist
Hospital, Owerri (IMSSHO), from 2009-2013. The study adopted the Ex-Post
study. The instrument for data collection was Self-Developed Data Collection
Schedule Sheet and the hospital's Medical Records. The data collection schedule
sheet was approved by the thesis supervisor and validated by three lecturers. Facts
collected were tallied and recorded in the data collection schedule sheet in figures
and were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency table and percentage
results of the analyses revealed that there were 556 adults aged 30-69 years living
with hypertension from 2009-2013. It revealed that age and gender influenced
was highest among ages 60-64 years-150 (26.98%) and lowest among ages 30-34
years-8 (1.44%); and by gender, it was higher among women-306 (55.04%) than
men-250 (44.96%). It also revealed that there were 33 deaths due to hypertension,
out of which, 12 (36.6%) were men and 21 (63.66%) were women. It further
revealed that both age and gender did not significantly influence the prevalence of
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hypertension mortality among these adults. In view of the results, some
ensure early detection and diagnosis, prompt treatment, prevention and control of
hypertension.
The prevalence of hypertension is quite high at 40% globally (Alwan, 2011). More
the population and especially health workers who are considered to be the leading
team in motivation and control of blood pressure. Occupational stress is one of the
Excess alcohol use and smoking are associated with hypertension, though the link
between these is not clear. Several risk factors for hypertension have been
However, the effect of dietary habits, physical activity, nutritional status and how
they affect blood pressure has not been ascertained among artisans in Owerri West.
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CHAPTER THREE
The researcher will employ the descriptive survey method. A cross-sectional study
The study will be conducted in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State,
Nigeria. Imo State has a total population of two million four hundred and eighty
five thousand six hundred and thirty five people (2,485, 635) according to National
population Census (NPC, 1991). There are fifteen (15) autonomous communities
located South– West of Owerri which is the State Capital and it is about 3 km off
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Fig 3.1: Map of Owerri West (Aubuike, 2019)
The population chosen for this study will comprise of all artisans living in selected
that met the selection criteria will be recruited and assessed during the study
period. Participants will be recruited consecutively for the in-depth interview until
The sample size will be determined using the Taro Yamen formula (1967) for
n= N_
1+Ne2
Where:
Therefore,
25000_
1+25000(0.05)2
25000
63.5
n = 393.700……………… 394
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Furthermore, to adjust for a 10% rate of non-response and invalid response (i.e.,
n =394/0.90= 437.7777
n= 438.
A validated open-ended and close questionnaire will be used as a survey tool. The
structured based questionnaire will be prepared for the study to collect data from
3.7 Validity
intended to measure. Bryman and Bell (2007) also suggested that the important
measure the concept. Validity refers to the issue of whether an indicator (or set of
indicators) that is devised to gauge a concept really measures that concept. In this
measures (Bryman and Bell, 2007). There are three prominent factors related to
and Bell suggested that a multiple-item measure in which each answers to each
questions are aggregated to form an overall score, we need to be sure that all our
done during the weeks which are Mondays to Friday. The respondents will be
The response to the item on the questionnaires will be analyzed using frequencies
and percentages, with the use of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
edited and coded. The response for the open-ended questions will be grouped
based on common ideas that the respondents expressed. The data will be collected
and analyzed using tables and simple percentages, mean score and standard
deviations.
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3.10 Ethical consideration
Federal University of Technology, Owerri and this will enable me to have a good
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INTRODUCTORY LETTER
Dear Respondents
more about prevalence of hypertension among artisans in Owerri West, Imo State,
Nigeria. I will ask you several questions. The data you give will be utilized to
foster better wellbeing training programs for youngsters such as yourself. Try not
to compose your name on this poll. The appropriate responses you give will be
kept rigorously secret; they might be utilized for factual investigation. No one will
know what you write. Answer the questions based on what you really do and to the
best of your ability. Completing the survey is voluntary. If you don’t want to
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Questionnaire
Thank you for accepting to participate in this study. Below is a list of questions we
would like you to respond to. They will take about 15 minutes to complete, Tick
the provided according to what applies to you. Please do not write your name on
this paper. Thank you.
1. Gender
Male
Female
2. Age
20-29 years
30-39 years
40-49 years
50-59 years
60-70 years
Married
Divorced
Widowed
Secondary
College/university
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None
Yes
No
Male
Female
8. Have you ever had your blood pressure measured by a doctor or other health
worker?
Yes
No
9. Have you ever been told by a doctor or other health worker that you have
raised blood pressure or hypertension?
Yes
No
10.Do you currently smoke any tobacco products e.g. cigarette, cigar
Yes
No
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11.If yes, how often do you smoke
Daily
Yes
No
13.During any visit to a doctor or other health worker in the past 12 months,
were you advised to quit smoking tobacco?
Yes
No
14.During the past 12 months have you ever smoked any tobacco
Yes
No
Number of days
Don’t know
Number of servings
Don’t know
Don’t know
18.How often do you add salt right before you eat food or as you are eating it?
Always
Often
Sometimes
Rarely
Never
Don’t know
About 1 tablespoon
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