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

Table 5

Self-care practices of hypertensive patients at Debre Tabor Referral Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percentage
Medication adherence	Adherent	254	64.8
	Not adherent	138	35.2
Physical activities	Adherent	203	51.8
	Not adherent	189	49.2
Weight management	Good weight management practice	216	55.1
	Poor weight management practice	176	44.9
Low-salt diet adherence	Poor adherent to low-salt diet	126	32.1
	Good adherent to low-salt diet	266	67.9
Cigarette smoking	Nonsmoker	382	97.4
	Smoker	10	2.6
Alcohol drinking	Abstain	257	65.6
	Not abstain	135	34.4
Self-care practice	Good self-care practice	212	54.1
	Poor self-care practice	180	45.9