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

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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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Gebremichael, G., Berhe, K., Beyene, B., Gebrekidan, K. (2019). Self-care practices and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients in Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Tigray, Ethiopia, 2018. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13104-019-4502-y

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

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