Cost analysis and comparison of two global cardiovascular risk scores in hypertensive patients at Mafikeng provincial hospital: a preliminary exploratory study

dc.contributor.author	Mbuilu, Jody Pukuta
dc.date.accessioned	2018-08-16T09:30:10Z
dc.date.available	2018-08-16T09:30:10Z
dc.date.issued	2018
dc.description	A research report submitted to seek ethical clearance from the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Faculty of Health Science, University of the Witwatersrand, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Family Medicine Johannesburg 2016.	en_ZA
dc.description.abstract	A preliminary study was done where South African Hypertension guideline risk score was compare with the WHO Cardiovascular risk score (for Southern Africa). At Mafikeng Provincial hospital 130 hypertensive patients were assessed using both scoring algorithms. Ninety (69%) of the 130 patients were high risk. The WHO risk score was able to classify 84 (93%) of the high risk patients by SA risk calculator also as high risk and 36 (90%) of the 40 low risk patients also as low risk. The WHO risk calculator has a sensitivity of 93% and a specificity of 90% with 89% accuracy.	en_ZA
dc.description.librarian	LG2018	en_ZA
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10539/25412
dc.language.iso	en	en_ZA
dc.subject.mesh	Cardiovascular Diseases
dc.subject.mesh	Hypertension
dc.title	Cost analysis and comparison of two global cardiovascular risk scores in hypertensive patients at Mafikeng provincial hospital: a preliminary exploratory study	en_ZA
dc.type	Thesis	en_ZA

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