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Level of self-care practice and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia [post]

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Globally hypertension is a major public health problem and leading cause of mortality in developing countries. Self-care practice encourage hypertensive patients to have better quality of life by preventing complication and decrease health care expenditure. The aim of this study is to assess self-care practice and associated factors among hypertension patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia. Methods: An institution based cross-sectional study was employed on 322
more » ... ult hypertensive patients using simple random sampling procedure between March to May, 2016. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. A p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Adjusted odds ratio at 95% CI was considered to declare the independent effect of independents variables on the outcome.
doi:10.21203/rs.2.15705/v1 fatcat:ytw35jr3unfkjdrjjyagkjphfu
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"Level of self-care practice and associated factors among hypertensive patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, south west Ethiopia." (2019)