Nutritional Counseling for Hypertensive Patients: Have Final-Year Nursing Students Learnt Enough to Be Able to Offer Advice to Such Patients?

Table 2

Level of knowledge of the causes, signs, and symptoms of hypertension.

Variable	Frequency	Percentage (%)
The term used to describe high blood pressure is known as
Hypertension
Diabetes
When one’s blood pressure is above 120/90 mm/Hg, this may be a sign of
Hypertension
Do not know
Diabetes
Malaria
Hypertension patients may exhibit signs and symptoms such as
Shortness of breath
Do not know
Paleness
Diarrhea
Which of the following can hypertension lead to?
Stroke
Diabetes
Gastritis
Do not know
Which of the following is/are risk factor(s) of; hypertension?
Excessive intake of salt
Regular and excessive intake; of alcohol
Intake of high-cholesterol diet