Empowering healthcare professionals in West Africa-A feasibility study and qualitative assessment of a dietary screening tool to identify adults at high risk of hypertension

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Study on Dietary Screening Tool for Hypertension Risk in Nigeria

Key Findings:

• Food frequency questionnaires (FFQs) can effectively assess dietary risks for hypertension in West Africa.
• The study involved 58 adult patients with hypertension, their caregivers, and 35 healthcare professionals from a Nigerian hospital.
• The 27-item FFQ was found to be easy to complete, comprehensive, and valuable by 96.6% of patients.
• Healthcare professionals considered the dietary screening tool very important (82.9%) and expressed a willingness to adopt it.
• The adherence rate was 87.9%, and the mean completion time was 7:37 minutes.

The study demonstrated the promising feasibility of integrating the dietary screening tool into clinical care for hypertension. Successful implementation may benefit from proactive time management and addressing training needs. The user-centered approach provided key insights to refine the FFQ and set the foundation for ongoing validity testing and evaluation in clinical practice.

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Full Clinical Trial Report Empowering healthcare professionals in West Africa-A feasibility study and qualitative assessment of a dietary screening tool to identify adults at high risk of hypertension: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38662712/?utm_source=Feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=None&utm_content=1B1L42DK3a-JWCV4P_PtHHBmWjwBLFNcDXsYJkbqjQD0Ca7UQh&fc=None&ff=20240425230036&v=2.18.0.post9+e462414