Diagnosis, Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, Prevention, and Control of Hypertension in Cameroon: Protocol for a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Clinic-Based and Community-Based Studies

Barthelemy Kuate Defo   ¹ , MPM, PhD ;   Jean Claude Mbanya   ² , MD, PhD ;   Jean-Claude Tardif   ³ , MD ;   Olugbemiga Ekundayo   ⁴ , MD, DrPH ;   Sylvie Perreault   ⁵ , PhD ;   Louise Potvin   ⁶ , PhD ;   Robert Cote   ⁷ , MD ;   Andre Pascal Kengne   ⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Simeon Pierre Choukem   ⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Felix Assah   ¹⁰ , MD, PhD ;   Samuel Kingue   ¹¹ , MD ;   Lucie Richard   ¹² , PhD ;   Roland Pongou   ¹³ , PhD ;   Katherine Frohlich   ⁶ , PhD ;   Jude Saji   ¹⁴ , MPH ;   Pierre Fournier   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Eugene Sobngwi   ² , MD, PhD ;   Valery Ridde   ⁶ , PhD ;   Marie-Pierre Dubé   ³ , PhD ;   Simon De Denus   ³ , PhD ;   Wilfred Mbacham   ¹⁵ , ScD ;   Jean-Philippe Lafrance   ¹⁶ , MD ;   Dickson Shey Nsagha   ¹⁷ , PhD ;   Warner Mampuya   ¹⁸ , MD, PhD ;   Anastase Dzudie   ¹⁹ , MD, PhD ;   Lyne Cloutier   ²⁰ , PhD ;   Christina Zarowsky   ⁶ , MD, PhD ;   Agatha Tanya   ²¹ , PhD ;   Paul Ndom   ²² , MD ;   Marie Hatem   ⁶ , PhD ;   Evelyne Rey   ²³ , MD ;   Louise Roy   ²⁴ , MD ;   Roxane Borgès Da Silva   ¹² , PhD ;   Christian Dagenais   ²⁵ , PhD ;   David Todem   ²⁶ , MSPH, PhD ;   Robert Weladji   ²⁷ , PhD ;   Dora Mbanya   ²⁸ , PhD ;   Elham Emami   ²⁹ , DDS, PhD ;   Zakariaou Njoumemi   ¹⁰ , PhD ;   Laurence Monnais   ³⁰ , PhD ;   Carl-Ardy Dubois   ¹² , PhD

¹ Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Department of Demography and Public Health Research Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

² Department of Internal Medicine and Specialities, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

³ Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁴ Department of Public Health and Health Administration, College of Health Science and Public Health, Eastern Washington University, Spokane, WA, United States

⁵ Faculté de Pharmacie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁶ Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁷ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada

⁸ Department of Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

⁹ Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

¹⁰ Department of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹¹ Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹² Faculté des sciences infirmières, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹³ Department of Economics, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada

¹⁴ Public Health Research Institute, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹⁵ Department of Biochemistry and Physiology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

¹⁶ Faculté de médecine et Faculté de pharmacologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

¹⁷ Department of Public Health Hygiene, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

¹⁸ Faculté de Médecine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

¹⁹ Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon

²⁰ Département des sciences infirmières, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada

²¹ College of Technology, University of Bamenda, Bamenda, Cameroon

²² Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

²³ Faculty of Medicine and CHU Sainte-Justine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

²⁴ Service de néphrologie (CHUM-Saint-Luc) & Faculté de médecine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

²⁵ Département de psychologie, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

²⁶ Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States

²⁷ Department of Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada

²⁸ Department of Haematology, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaounde I, Yaounde, Cameroon

²⁹ Faculty of Dental Medicine, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada

³⁰ Département d'histoire, Université de Montréal, Montreal, QC, Canada