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We assessed the prevalence of substance use and its association with high blood pressure among adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Peer Reviewed: Association of Smoking and Khat (Catha edulis Forsk) Use With High Blood Pressure Among Adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2006

Worldwide, data from variety of studies have put the burden of mental health problems and substance use disorders to be greater than those of HIV/AIDS, asthma, tuberculosis, diabetes and traffic accident.1‒3 Mental, substance use and neurological disorders constitute a high proportion of the world’s disease burden in both high , low to middleincome countries.3 Hypertension is a major cardiovascular disease and common all over the world.4‒6 The productive age group seems to be the worst hit particularly for cardiovascular diseases productive age.4,5 Hypertension was a forefront risk factor for disability adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2010.7 Both cardiovascular disease as well as psychiatric conditions combined to contribute greater proportion to the world’s total burden of non-communicable diseases (NCDs).8‒14 The World Health Organization (WHO) has estimated that not less than 25% of all patients who seek the services of health facilities both in rural as well as urban areas suffer from at least one mental, neurological or behavioural disorder, adding that most of which are undiagnosed or untreated.8,15 Patients with chronic medical illness like hypertension usually have the vulnerability for psychological problems due to difficulty in adjusting their aspirations, lifestyles, employment, and spending on treatment and medication and also have poor coping skills in the face of stressors.8‒14 Many chronic illnesses, with or without psychological illnesses as consequence, may also be associated with substance use as double or triple diagnosis.16‒23

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Psychiatric morbidity and substance use correlated with drug compliance among subjects with essential hypertension attending the out-patient clinic of university of Port Harcourt teaching hospital (UPTH)

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Psychiatric morbidity and substance use correlated with drug compliance among subjects with essential hypertension attending the out-patient clinic of university of Port Harcourt teaching hospital (UPTH)