Assessment of Regular Physical Activity in the Care of Hypertensive Patients at the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan and at the National Police Hospital (Ivory Coast)

• 作者: Ekou Arnaud Gnaba Ambroise Koffi Djinguin Koffi Florent Kramoh Euloge Niamke Thierry Tanoh Micesse
• 来源期刊: 心血管病(英文)
• 学科: 医学
• 关键词: Regular Physical Activity HYPERTENSION ABIDJAN
• 年，卷（期）: xxgbyw_2020,（9）
• 页码范围: 648-657
• 页数: 10页
• 分类号: R54

摘要

<strong>Aim:</strong> <span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Physical activity and other lifestyle changes are an important part of the guidelines for anti-hypertensive therapy. The effect of physical activity on hypertension and heart disease has been well described. No study in our context has been done on this issue. The aim of this study was to evaluate regular physical activity in the management of hypertensive patients at the Cardiology Institute of Abidjan and the National Police Hospital. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Material</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">and</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">methods:</span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;"> This was a prospective and descriptive study held in the External Consultations and Rehabilitation Departments of the aforementioned structures. It started on July 20, 2017 and ended on September 7, 2017. The data were analyzed on SPSS version 22. A p-value of less than 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant. </span><b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Results: </span></b><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Out of the 190 hypertensive patients recruited and educated, only 70 actually participated in the physical activities that took place in the Rehabilitation Department of Heart Institute. The mean age of the patients was 52 years ± 15 years. The most affected age group was between 40 and 49 years of age (47.40%).</span></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""></span><span style="font-family:;" "=""><span style="font-family:Verdana;">There was a male predominance with a sex ratio of 1.11. 63.16% of the patients had a superior. The follow-up time for Hypertension was more than one year in 73.68% of the cases. Our study highlighted the knowledge of the virtues of regular physical activity on the body in 94.74% of cases. Physical activity was prescribed in 94.74% of cases. It was practiced