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Abstract
a) Because hypertension is emerging as a major public health problem in many developing countries undergoing epidemiological transition, it is essential to gather both epidemiological and KAP data on hypertension as a crucial step in the design of sound prevention and control programs. It is particularly important to maximize the efficiency of such programs in these countries to minimize delay in achieving effective hypertension control, particularly involving health care workers and nurses. The incidence of blood pressure related clinical events as myocardial infarction, cerebro-vascular stroke, and end stage renal disease appear to be increasing dramatically as a result of the high prevalence and the associated danger of inadequately treated hypertension in the majority of patients. The study was conducted to fulfill the following aims: 1- To determine the prevalence of hypertension among nurses at Alexandria hospitals. 2- To study some epidemiological factors related to the occurrence of hypertension among the studied group. 3- To study nurses knowledge, attitude and practice about hypertension. Through a cross-sectional approach, a total of 500 nurses were enrolled by using proportional allocation technique, and selected from each of the four sectors of governmental hospitals in Alexandria (Health Insurance Organization, University, Ministry of Health and Curative Organization) 201 nurses from Gamal Abd El-Nasser, 91 nurses form Institute of Medical Research, 81 nurses from Ras El-Teen and 127 nurses from Al-Mouassaa hospital respectively. The study nurses were interviewed through a designed interview questionnaire about personal and socioeconomic data, work setting, psychosocial profile at work, personal habits, familial social condition, nutritional habits, medical history and knowledge, attitude and practice about hypertension. Clinical examination included blood pressure measurement by a mercury sphygmomanometer and auscaltatory method. Anthropometric measurements including weight and height were recorded according to procedure of Jellife and the body mass index was calculated. The study revealed the following main results: 1- All of the study sample of nurses were females, their age group ranged from 25-60 years with a mean age of 31.73 ? 8.33 years, 71.8 were below 35 years and only 10.6 were 45 years and above. 2- The prevalence of hypertension among nurses was 37.2. 3- The mean SBP was 126.83 ? 16.38 mm Hg. The mean DBP was 82.17 ? 11.76 mm Hg. 4- A significant positive correlation between both systolic and diastolic blood pressure was observed with some epidemiological factors. 5- More than half of the studied nurses were unmarried (54