Sewunet Ademe|Fekadu Aga|Debela Gela
Hypertension self-care practice and associated factors among patients in public health facilities of Dessie town, Ethiopia
Wollo University|Addis Ababa University|Addis Ababa University
hypertension selfcare practice essential blood pressure control reduction hypertension complications nevertheless know little concerning hypertension selfcare practice ethiopia purpose study assess hypertension selfcare practice associated factors among patients public health facilities dessie town ethiopiain crosssectional study 309 hypertensive patients mean age 588 years 534 women completed intervieweradministered questionnaire amharic language descriptive logistic regression analyses conducted using spss version 22the mean score hypertension selfcare 377 82 51 scored mean divorced participants aor 0115 95 ci 0026 0508 pvalue 001 lack source information aor 0084 95 ci 0022 0322 pvalue 001 less likely good selfcare practice participants convenient place exercise aor 2968 95 ci 1826 4825 pvalue 001 good social support aor 2204 95 ci 1272 3821 pvalue 001 traditional clergybased teaching aor 2209 95 ci 1064 4584 pvalue 005 good selfcare agency aor 1222 2956 pvalue 005 likely good selfcare practicemost study participants reported poor selfcare practices factors associated hypertension selfcare practice marital status education source selfcare information place exercise social support selfcare agency targeted interventions needed improve hypertension selfcare practice