Knowledge of Hypertension among Bankers in Enugu-North Senatorial District, Enugu State

Abstract

The study investigated knowledge of hypertension among bankers in Enugu-North Senatorial District, Enugu State, Nigeria. Three research questions and two  null-hypotheses guided the study. The cross-sectional research design was used for the study. The population for the study was 686 bankers; and they constitute the study sample because the population was small and manageable. A self-developed questionnaire titled ‘Knowledge of Hypertension among Bankers Questionnaire’ (KHBQ) was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by five experts, three from the Department of Human Kinetics and Health Education and two from Department of Science Education (Measurement and Evaluation Unit), all in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. Cronbach’s Alpha was utilized to establish the internal consistency of the instrument, which yielded .78.Out of the 686 copies of the questionnaire administered, only 676 copies duly filled out were used for analyses. Frequency and percentage were utilized to answer the research questions, while Chi-square statistics was used to test the null hypotheses at .05 level of significance. The results showed that 65.2 per cent of bankers had moderate level of knowledge. Also, bankers had moderate level of knowledge towards hypertension irrespective of age and gender. There was no significant difference in the level of knowledge toward hypertension among bankers based on age (p=.363>.05) and gender (p=.919>.05). The authors recommended that health educators and other health professionals should organize health education programme to teach bankers about hypertension in the various banks in order to improve their knowledge.