Hypertension and Physical Intimate Partner Violence among Female HIV Patients in Butiama District, North-Western Tanzania

Highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has greatly improved life expectancy and quality of among people living with HIV. However, hypertension been reported to increase HIV patients. Yet the exact cause not established. We conducted a cross-sectional study involving female HIV-infected patients on ART who attended care treatment clinics (CTCs) between August 2020 December 2020. The participants were consecutively enrolled until targeted sample size was attained. Hypertension defined as systolic blood pressure (SBP) ≥ 140mmHg and, diastolic (DBP) 90mmHg. exposure variable interest self-reported physical intimate partner violence in last 12 months which collected according World Health Organization (WHO) criteria. investigated 526 mean age 42.8 years. Of all participants, 87.1% peasants, about 60% greater than 60 years old 22.5% currently consuming alcohol. 23.8 % had history months. overall prevalence 31.4% it statistically significant associated before after adjusting for other covariates. higher but found be influenced by Further studies are recommended investigate influence