Prescription médicamenteuse relative à l’hypertension artérielle dans la ville de Sétif

Abstract

The prevention of complications related to hypertension inevitably requires good management of this pathology. The objective of our study is to study the characteristics of the prescription of antihypertensives in the city of Setif. This is a descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological study conducted on 102 hypertensive patients in the wilaya of Setif, during the period from January 2023 to May 2023. Analysis of the collected data showed that; Our study population was elderly (61.89 ± 11.55 years), predominantly female (63.7%), more than a third (39.2%) with a low level of education, (46.1%) were housewives. The prevalence of other cardiovascular risk factors was smoking (7.8%), diabetes (46.1%), overweight (51.0%), obesity (22.5%), dyslipidemia (34.3%) and physical inactivity (58.8%). For BP and hypertension data, more than half of our study population (57.8%) had a family history of hypertension, the diagnosis of hypertension was made at the doctor’s office level for the majority of patients (88.2%), the majority of our study population (85.29%) regularly monitored their BP, by self-measurement for more than half of the population (55.88%), two-thirds of patients (64.7) had balanced BP and (45.1%) had complications, ischemic heart disease was the most common (23.52). For data on the prescription of antihypertensive therapy, the prescription was made by cardiologists for twothirds of patients (69.6%), it is not the first prescription for the majority of the population (92.2%), two-thirds of patients (37.3%) were on dual therapy and (31.4%) on monotherapy, ARBII. were the most prescribed (74.5%); Almost two-thirds of our population (60.78) were on a low-salt diet. For data on the role of community pharmacy staff in the management of hypertension, the majority of patients (89.21%) reported that pharmacies play their role in the management of hypertension, while (91.17%) in explaining treatment.