Level of self-care practices and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The study assessed the level of self-care practice and its predictors among hypertensive patients in the health centers of Bole Sub-city, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

Methods

A multi-Center-based cross-sectional study that employed 370 hypertensive participants at the conveniently selected Health Centers in Bole Sub-City; from August 01-30, 2020. The researchers selected the participants based on a simple random sampling method after applying for a pre-tested interviewer-administered questionnaire and secured for informed consent. All the statistical analyses were SPSS 22.0 software based. The authors used binary logistics regression to identify the presence and strength of association; with its respective 95%CI and p-value less than five percent as a significant level.

SUBMITTER: Sahile AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9875385 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature