Disease perception and experiences among rural Bangladeshi hypertensive women: A qualitative approach
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Background: Hypertension (HTN) is well established as a leading cause of common serious illnesses worldwide. We carried out this qualitative research to understand perception of and experiences related to HTN among rural Bangladeshi hypertensive women. Methods: A total of 74 female hypertensive participants who were diagnosed as HTN were purposively recruited in a rural community in Mirzapur, Bangladesh. A focus group discussion(FGD) was applied to share their perception and experiences. Transcripts were read in an iterative process, and a thematic analysis was performed. This paper is reported followed by COREQ checklist. Results: Three main themes were generated; (i) Perception of HTN based on experiences, (ii)Knowledge of management of HTN, and (iii) Barriers of management of HTN. Under the themes, seven subthemes were identified. The participants only knew about their high blood pressure(HBP) when they had symptoms, and they applied traditional remedies in the rural context to deal with those symptoms. Even though more than half of participants had relevant knowledge of how to manage HTN, but still there were social-cultural and economic barriers and lack of social infrastructure to access healthcare, existed to practice them. Conclusion: Based on our study reports, health education programs at the household and community level could be a potential starting point for any preventive and containment strategy in rural communities of Bangladesh.
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- Authors
- Jahan, Y., Moriyama, M., Rahman, M. M., Kazawa, K., Mizukawa, M., Rahman, A., Bin Shahid, A. S. M. S., Das, S. K., Faruque, A. S. G., & Chisti, M. J.
- Affiliations
- Hiroshima University (JP)
- Linköping University (SE)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Dhaka, Bangladesh
- Menzies School of Health Research (AU)
- International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research (BD)
- Corresponding author
- Jahan, Yasmin
- ORCID
- Venue
- Health Promotion Perspectives
- Publisher
- Maad Rayan Publishing Company
- Published
- 2020-01-28
- Volume
- 10
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 66-73
- ISSN
- 2228-6497 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC7036212
- OpenAlex
- W3006630147
- Cited by
- 18
- References
- 37
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2024: 6 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 6 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2
- FWCI
- 1.70
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
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- LSHTM Research Online (London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine) (acceptedVersion)
- DiVA (Linkoping University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Greater South Information System
- Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (18H03113)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
- Social Sciences › Education › Health Education and Validation
- Social Sciences › Health › Public Health and Social Inequalities
- Keywords
- hypertension, hypertensive women, illness perception, lived experience, hypertension knowledge, traditional remedies, economic barriers, health care access, rural communities, health education
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