PMID- 31842891
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20200313
LR  - 20200313
IS  - 1471-2458 (Electronic)
IS  - 1471-2458 (Linking)
VI  - 19
IP  - 1
DP  - 2019 Dec 16
TI  - Community awareness of diet needs associated with hypertension and type 2 
      diabetes mellitus in Hatcliffe, Zimbabwe.
PG  - 1686
LID - 10.1186/s12889-019-8030-4 [doi]
LID - 1686
AB  - BACKGROUND: Diet is an important modifiable risk factor for non-communicable 
      diseases (NCDs) like hypertension (HTN) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A 
      NCD is a disease that cannot be transmitted from person to person. Dietary risk 
      factors account for 5.8% of all-cause mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). 
      There has been an increase in the consumption of 'westernized 'diets in SSA. The 
      westernized diets consumed in low-income countries are usually high in salt 
      content, fatty, processed and fast foods; and hence accelerate the development of 
      HTN and T2DM. Previous studies carried out in Zimbabwe showed low levels of 
      knowledge and awareness of HTN and T2DM; and the dietary needs for patients with 
      those conditions. The aim of this study was to explore the dietary habits and 
      awareness of HTN and T2DM of both males and females in a high-density area (HDA) 
      of Zimbabwe. METHODS: We conducted household-based cross-sectional study in a 
      high density area of Hatcliffe, which has a population of close to 50,000 
      residents. Face to face interviews were conducted using hand-held mobile devices 
      loaded with KoBo Toolbox. We selected two consenting adults, a male and female, 
      from every fourth household in selected areas of Hatcliffe. RESULTS: In this 
      study all the 492 participants that were interviewed responded. Eighty eight 
      point 6% (88.6%) of the participants in the study did not know if they were 
      hypertensive or not. In addition, 91.7% of the participants had never voluntarily 
      checked for hypertension. Similarly, 97.6% of the participants did not know if 
      they had T2DM or not. Ninety eight percent (98%) of the participants had not 
      voluntarily checked their blood glucose level. CONCLUSIONS: The majority of the 
      participants in the study were not aware if they had HTN or T2DM. The 
      participants in the study perceived that the salt they consume is the right 
      quantity. There is a high consumption of vegetable oil in most meals prepared.
FAU - Gonde, Lonestar Lazarus
AU  - Gonde LL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0003-0898-7738
AD  - University of KwaZulu Natal, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and 
      Public Health, Durban, 4041, South Africa. llgonde@yahoo.com.
FAU - Chimbari, Moses John
AU  - Chimbari MJ
AD  - University of KwaZulu Natal, College of Health Sciences, School of Nursing and 
      Public Health, Durban, 4041, South Africa.
LA  - eng
GR  - 00/Inyuvesi Yakwazulu-Natali/
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20191216
PL  - England
TA  - BMC Public Health
JT  - BMC public health
JID - 100968562
SB  - IM
MH  - Adult
MH  - Cross-Sectional Studies
MH  - Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2/*epidemiology
MH  - *Diet
MH  - Female
MH  - *Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
MH  - Humans
MH  - Hypertension/*epidemiology
MH  - Male
MH  - Risk Factors
MH  - Zimbabwe/epidemiology
PMC - PMC6916094
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Awareness
OT  - Dietary needs
OT  - Hypertension
OT  - Type 2 diabetes mellitus
OT  - Zimbabwe
COIS- The authors declare that they have no competing interests. The authors declare 
      that they have no competing interests.
EDAT- 2019/12/18 06:00
MHDA- 2020/03/14 06:00
PMCR- 2019/12/16
CRDT- 2019/12/18 06:00
PHST- 2019/01/12 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/12/03 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/12/18 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/03/14 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2019/12/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-019-8030-4 [pii]
AID - 8030 [pii]
AID - 10.1186/s12889-019-8030-4 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - BMC Public Health. 2019 Dec 16;19(1):1686. doi: 10.1186/s12889-019-8030-4.