BMC Research Notes (Aug 2019)

Self-care practices and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018

  • Gebrewahd Bezabh Gebremichael,
  • Kalayou Kidanu Berhe,
  • Birhane Gebrehiwot Beyene,
  • Kiros Belay Gebrekidan

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4502-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract Objectives To assess self-care practices and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital 2017/2018. Result Good self-care practice was found only among 20.3% of respondents. Adherence to not smoking, anti-hypertensive medication, alcohol abstinence, dietary management, physical exercise and weight management was found to be 99.1%, 74.10%, 67.20%, 63.10%, 49.4% and 40.6% respectively. Sex (AOR = 2.254, 95% CI 1.092–4.653), age (AOR = 3.265, 95% CI 1.030–10.355), educational status (AOR = 4.205, 95% CI 1.304–13.559), disease duration (AOR = 3.124, 95% CI 1.204–8.105), BP status (AOR = 2.728, 95% CI 1.256–5.926) and knowledge (AOR = 6.196, 95% CI 2.906–13.214) showed significant statistical association with self-care practice.

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