Predictors of hypertension among diabetic patients in the Ejisu Municipality of Ghana
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Data__on_Predictors_of_hypertension_among_diabetic_patients.sav
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Flow_Chart_for_the_Hypertesnion_among_Diabetic_Patients_manuscript.docx
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Hyperten_research_CONSENT_FORM_GENERAL.docx
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Hypertension_among_Diabetic_Patients_Baseline_Questionnaire_in_Ghana.docx
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Hypertension_research_Participant_Information_Leaflet.docx
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README.md
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Abstract
Introduction: The co-existence of hypertension with diabetes mellitus among diabetic patients is a setback to public health. About 40–75% of diabetic patients present with hypertension. The co-existence of hypertension and diabetes can accelerate complications such as stroke, myocardial infarction, nephropathy, and mortality. Available data indicate the devastating effects of hypertension and diabetes on individuals, families, and the economy as catastrophic. Therefore, knowing the predictors of hypertension among diabetic patients would inform the lifestyle and management of the two conditions.
Objective: The study focused on predictors of hypertension among diabetic patients in the Ejisu Municipality of Ghana.
Methods: The study employed a quantitative approach with a sample size of 120. Data were collected on sociodemographic characteristics, family history, 24-hour dietary recall, blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, glycated haemoglobin, total lipid profile, and anthropometrics. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 27.
Results: Out of 120 respondents, 85% were females with 77.5% above 50 years of age. A majority (66.7%) had a family history of diabetes with 76.7% having hypertension as a comorbidity. Fasting blood glucose was found to be 8.519 times more likely to present with hypertension. Systolic blood pressure, carbohydrate, and sodium intakes were 6.1%, 2.9%, and 0.1% respectively. However, diabetic patients with high HbA1c were 97% less likely not to present with hypertension.
Conclusion: Hypertension was found to be the most common comorbidity among diabetic patients in Ghana. Glycaemic control, systolic blood pressure, and dietary factors specifically carbohydrate and sodium intake were significant predictors of hypertension among the study participants.
README: Predictors of hypertension among diabetic patients in the Ejisu Municipality of Ghana
https://doi.org/10.5061/dryad.qz612jmp7
The study was conducted in two hospitals namely Hospital A and B from March 2022 to July 2022. The study population covered all type II diabetic patients attending the diabetic clinic. The study adopted simple probability technology to recruit respondents (YES or NO). Participants who selected YES were considered for the study. Inclusion and exclusion criteria were developed. The inclusion was participants above 18 years of age, diagnosed with diabetes <10 years, and void of any diabetes-related complications. All other patients aside from the above were excluded from the study.
Description of the data and file structure
This data relates to the identification of hypertension among diabetic patients in two government hospitals in Ghana. It is a baseline study of an intervention study involving 120 patients selected from the diabetic clinic in the two hospitals. A full questionnaire on the various sections of the study has been uploaded. All identifiers have been de-identified and all continuous data has been categorized.
Participants Information Leaflets
All the processes relating to the study was codified in a leaflet named Participants Information Leaflets. These include brief introduction to the study, objectives of the study, the gaps identified meriting the conduct of the study, brief narrative of what other researchers have found about the topic, ethical considerations surrounding the study and brief narration about the type of study. It is expected that, after reading the participants information sheet, it guided their decision to participate in the study or otherwise. The authors have therefore uploaded a sample of the Participant Information Leaflet used for the study in dryad.
Informed Consent Forms
Again, the Authors selected their respondents based on their consent. After explaining the purpose of the study to the prospective participants, those who agreed to participate in the study were made to sign and date a written consent form which as been uploaded in my files at dryad.
Flow Chart showing Documents used for the study
Moreover, from the introduction of the study up to discussions, the Authors reviewed and selected some published documents for the study. These documents were selected from different search engines. The Authors have uploaded a flow chart of the number of documents selected from different search engines, how the documents were filtered based on title, content and duplication status. In all 84 published documents were used and this has been stated in the flow chart.
Code/Software
IBM SPSS was used in the analysis.
Again, the Nutritional Analysis Template used to analyze the 24hour dietary recall to generate the results.
Methods
Questionnaires made up of socio-demographic characteristics, 24-hour dietary recall, and anthropometric and blood pressure measurements were administered to patients. Again, the study also took the biochemical parameters of the participants.