Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Thus, the study aimed to compare the subjective CVD risk perception level of patients with the nonlaboratory Framingham Risk Score (nl-FRS). However, hypertensive patients’ risk perceptions of CVD events in Ethiopia are unknown.

Box 4412, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Tel +251-911119597, Email īackground: Accurate cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk appraisal is essential for hypertensive patients to identify correctly their risk status and take efficient behavioral measures timely to avoid major adverse outcomes. Daniel Mengistu Bekele, 1 Dejuma Yadeta Goshu, 2 Alemayehu Worku Yalew, 3 Melinda K Higgins, 4 Rebecca A Gary 4ġDepartment of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 2Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 3Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, College of Health Sciences, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USAĬorrespondence: Daniel Mengistu Bekele, Department of Nursing, School of Nursing and Midwifery, College of Health Sciences Addis Ababa University, P.

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