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Irene Akwo Kretchy

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48

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2013

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University of Ghana(Current)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Korle Bu Teaching Hospital

Texas A&M Health Science Center

Texas A&M University

Irene Akwo Kretchy is an author at University of Ghana specializing in medicine, public health, and global health.

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2013–2025

48

Publications

48

Mental health in hypertension: assessing symptoms of anxiety, depression and stress on anti-hypertensive medication adherence

Irene Akwo Kretchy, Frances Thelma Owusu-Daaku, Samuel A. Danquah · International Journal of Mental Health Systems · 2014 · 252 citations · Full text

Global, regional, and national prevalence of child and adolescent overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Jessica A. Kerr, George Patton, Karly Cini et al. · The Lancet · 2025 · 216 citations · Full text

Spiritual and religious beliefs: do they matter in the medication adherence behaviour of hypertensive patients?

Irene Akwo Kretchy, Frances Thelma Owusu-Daaku, Samuel A. Danquah · BioPsychoSocial Medicine · 2013 · 129 citations · Full text

Patterns and determinants of the use of complementary and alternative medicine: a cross-sectional study of hypertensive patients in Ghana

Irene Akwo Kretchy, Frances Thelma Owusu-Daaku, Samuel A. Danquah · BMC Complementary and Alternative Medicine · 2014 · 91 citations · Full text

Perceived stress and quality of life of pharmacy students in University of Ghana

Adomah Opoku-Acheampong, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Franklin Acheampong et al. · BMC Research Notes · 2017 · 87 citations · Full text

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