en Awareness of risk factors, complications and prevention of complications of hypertension among hypertensive patients in Southern Tanzania بهداشت عمومی Public Health پژوهشي Research فاقد چکیده فارسی می باشد. <div style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Introduction</strong>: To assess patient&rsquo;s awareness on the risk factors, complications and prevention of complications of hypertension.<br> <strong>Methods</strong>: This cross-sectional study was carried out on a random sample of hypertensive patients attending Songea Regional Referral Hospital, Tanzania using an interview based questionnaire. Data entry and analysis was performed using SPSS v 14. Results are expressed as Mean &plusmn; SD for continuous data and proportions for categorical data. Logistic regression was performed to assess the association between variables and patients&rsquo; awareness on risk factors, complications and prevention of complications of hypertension.<br> <strong>Results</strong>: Four hundred and fifty hypertensive patients with mean age 57.00&plusmn;12.60 years were enrolled in the study. Females accounted for 52.90% of the study population. More than one-third (35.60%) of patients had low level of awareness on the risk factors, complications and preventive measures of complication of hypertension. Having higher education level, duration with hypertension of more than 5 years, and a positive family history of hypertension were all associated with high level of awareness among hypertensive patients.<br> <strong>Conclusions</strong>: The findings show a considerable number of hypertensive patients are not aware of the risk factors, complications and preventive measures of hypertension. Assessing patients&rsquo; awareness of risk factors and complications of hypertension during follow-up visits may improve patients&rsquo; control of blood pressure and slow down progression to complications. &nbsp;</div> Awareness, risk factors, complications, hypertension Awareness,Risk Factors,Hypertension 155 163 http://jhr.ssu.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-1307-1&slc_lang=en&sid=1 Kanuda Mandago kanudamandago8@gmail.com Yes Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Archbishop James University College, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Songea, Tanzania Fabian P. Mghanga fpmghanga@ajuco.ac.tz 0000-0003-2774-976X No Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Archbishop James University College, St. Augustine University of Tanzania, Songea, Tanzania