Research Article

Self-Care Practice and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020

Table 3

The behavioral related health profiles of hypertensive patient on Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable categorySelf-care practice
Good N (%)Poor N (%)

Chat chewing
 Chat chewer12 (52.2%)11 (47.8%)
 Non-chat chewer200 (54.2%)169 (45.8%)

Social support
 Good social support132 (66.7%)66 (33.3%)
 Poor social support80 (41.2%)114 (58.8%)

Self-care agency
 Good self-care agency126 (61.8%)78 (38.2%)
 Poor self-care agency86 (45.7%)102 (54.3%)

Use stress management
 Yes128 (59.8%)86 (40.2%)
 No84 (47.2%)94 (52.8%)

Frequency of health facility visit
 Once a month201 (55.2%)163 (44.8%)
 Twice11 (39.3%)17 (60.7%)