Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-2021
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Source Publication
International Health
Source ISSN
1876-3405
Abstract
Background
Hypertension and diabetes, two major risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases, are associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. Early detection through screening can initiate early treatment to reduce adverse outcomes. The current study sought to investigate the correlates of blood pressure and blood glucose screenings in Cameroon.
Methods
We used secondary data from the 2018 Cameroon Demographic and Health Survey. Adjusting for a complex sample design, we performed multivariate prevalence ratio estimates of the blood pressure and blood glucose screenings.
Results
Approximately 60% and 30% of Cameroonians had undergone blood pressure and blood glucose screenings, respectively. More females (68%) had undergone blood pressure screenings compared with their male counterparts (44.1%). In the multivariate model, gender, age, education, marital status, household wealth index and region of residence were significantly associated with both blood pressure and blood glucose screenings in the full sample. Previous blood pressure screening was associated with an increased likelihood of blood glucose screening and vice versa. A modification effect of gender was observed in the association between the correlates and both outcomes.
Conclusion
Our findings uncovered individuals with a decreased likelihood for blood pressure and blood glucose screenings and this can inform policy decisions to ensure targeted screening aimed at early detection and management.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Duodu, Precious Adade; Agbadi, Pascal; Duah, Henry Ofori; Darkwah, Ernest; and Nutor, Jerry John, "Correlates of Blood Pressure and Blood Glucose Screenings in Cameroon: Insights From the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey" (2021). College of Nursing Faculty Research and Publications. 1208.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/nursing_fac/1208
Comments
Published version. International Health, Vol. 14, No. 2 (2022): 201-210. DOI. This article is © The Authors, published by Oxford University Press. Used with permission.
Henry Duah was affiliated FOCOS Orthopaedic Hospital, Accra, Ghana at the time of publication.
Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.