Research Article
Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020
Table 2
The clinical related health profiles of hypertensive patient on Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.
| | Variable category | Self-care practice | | Good N (%) | Poor N (%) |
| | First diagnosed | | | | During routine checkup | 85 (48.3%) | 91 (51.7%) | | After complaint | 89 (59.7%) | 60 (40.3%) | | After complication | 53 (79.1%) | 14 (20.9%) |
| | Duration of illness | | | | ≤4 years | 131 (53.9%) | 112 (46.1%) | | 4–8 years | 65 (54.2%) | 55 (45.8%) | | >8 years | 16 (55.2%) | 13 (44.8%) |
| | Presence of comorbidity | | | | Yes | 68 (57.1%) | 51 (42.9%) | | No | 144 (52.7%) | 129 (47.3%) |
| | BMI | | | | <18.5 | 2 (33.3%) | 4 (66.7%) | | 18.5–24.9 | 180 (56.6%) | 138 (43.4%) | | ≥25 | 30 (44.1%) | 38 (55.9%) |
| | Number of medications | | | | 1 drug | 85 (47.2%) | 95 (52.8%) | | 2 drugs | 108 (58.4%) | 77 (41.6%) | | 3 drugs | 19 (70.4%) | 8 (29.6%) |
| | BP apparatus | | | | Having BP | 42 (77.8%) | 12 (22.2%) | | No BP | 170 (50.3%) | 168 (49.7%) |
| | BP status | | | | Controlled | 145 (69.4%) | 64 (30.6%) | | Uncontrolled | 67 (36.6%) | 116 (63.6%) |
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