A Controlled Study Of The Prevalence Of Anxiety And Depression Among Hypertensive Patients In Two Health Centres In Lagos.

📄 Project Abstract

Background: Depressive and anxiety states are quite common in the medically ill patients including those suffering from hypertension. However, there is no consensus about the aetiology and pathophysiologic relationship between hypertension and these symptoms. Objective: This study sought to determine the prevalence of psychiatric morbidity especially anxiety and depression in hypertensive subjects and the relationship between these disorders and risk factors for hypertension including sedentary life style, obesity, cigarette smoking use of alcohol and family history of hypertension. Methodology: The sample size comprised of 975 subjects of whom 325 were hypertensive patients, 325 medically ill normotensive subjects with normal blood pressure and 325 normal/healthy individuals. The two controls were matched for age and sex with the hypertensive subjects. All the subjects completed a self-administered questionnaire on sociodemographic parameters. Questions on risk factors such as sedenta...