The Namibian Treatment Guidelines of 2011 for hypertension management provide
evidence-based care protocols for effective management of hypertension.
Documentation of health care in clients’ records is important to ensure patient safety
and effective continuity of care. Documentation in this study reflected the extent of
implementation and compliance with the hypertension management guidelines.
The purpose of this study was to examine physicians’ implementation and
compliance with hypertension management guidelines, through auditing
documentation in health passports of clients diagnosed with hypertension. The
guidelines were used as a framework to assess completeness of documentation.
The study used a non-experimental, descriptive, retrospective quantitative research
to examine the physicians’ implementation and compliance with hypertension
management guidelines at the selected hospital outpatient department in Namibia.
Non-probability convenience sampling was used to select client records. Data were
collected by means of a structured three point Likert scale checklist. Data were
analysed using the (SPSS) version 23 for Windows.
The findings showed poor documentation of care provided, thus, assuming low
compliance with hypertension management guidelines. Major areas of poor
documentation were found in monitoring of risks factors, investigations to monitor
organ damage, advise on when to seek care and client-centred health education.
Based on study results, recommendations were formulated to improve quality of
documentation and thus, implementation of and compliance with hypertension
management guidelines. / Health Studies / M. P. H. (Health Studies)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/25164 |
| Date | 11 1900 |
| Creators | Namukwambi, Rauna Ndalila |
| Contributors | Ramukumba, M. M. |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Dissertation |
| Format | 1 online resource (x, 103 leaves) : illustrations, color map, graps |
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