Justice Afrifa

Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, School of Allied Health Sciences, University of Cape Coast, Ghana

Publications

• Original Article   
  Determinants of Isolated Systolic Hypertension among HIV/AIDS on Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy: A Cross Sectional Study in the GA South Metropolis
  Author(s): Richard KD Ephraim*, Samuel A. Sakyi, Linda A. Fondjo, Justice Afrifa, Prince Agyeman and Prince Darko
  
  Background: Mortality in HIV/AIDS patients have increasingly been attributed to noncommunicable causes. Since the dawn of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) infection and antiretroviral drugs, there has been conflicting data on the role of Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) use across the globe with no data in Ghana. We studied the prevalence and determinants of isolated systolic hypertension in HIV/AIDS patients on ART. Method: This cross-sectional study involved 200 HIV/AIDS patients who received treatment at the HIV/AIDS clinic of the GA South Municipal Hospital in Accra, Ghana. Blood pressure (systolic and diastolic), pulse and anthropometric (weight and height, waist and hip circumference) data were obtained using standard protocols. Other relevant data were obtained with the aid.. Read More»