Key result
Among adult patients with severe hypertension or target organ damage in Mozambique, 6-month follow-up revealed high rates of adverse outcomes, including 10.3% hospitalizations and 8.6% mortality.
Why the study?
Mozambique has low levels of hypertension detection, treatment, and control, but data on target organ damage and clinical outcomes are lacking.
Population
116 hypertensive adult patients in Maputo, Mozambique
Design
Prospective descriptive cohort study
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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Emphasizes need for closer surveillance in severe hypertension with organ damage; leaves open optimal interventions via prospective studies in similar settings.
Cohort (n=116)
No
In a resource-limited urban setting in Mozambique, patients with severe hypertension and target organ damage experience high rates of short-term mortality and hospitalization.
Manafe et al. (2019) conducted a cohort in Hypertension (n=116). Severe hypertension or target organ damage was evaluated on Complications (stroke, heart failure, and renal failure), hospital admission, and death. Among adult patients with severe hypertension or target organ damage in Mozambique, 6-month follow-up revealed high rates of adverse outcomes, including 10.3% hospitalizations and 8.6% mortality.
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