Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Factors Associated with Life Style Modification among Hypertensive Patients Seen at TASH.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Dr.Yadeta, Dejuma(Internist, Cardiologist and Associate Professor) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Bahru, Henok | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2022-02-18T06:15:18Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-05T14:40:30Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2022-02-18T06:15:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-05T14:40:30Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Introduction: Hypertension remains as one of the most important public health challenge worldwide because of the associated morbidity, mortality, and the cost to the society. 1 It became a significant problem in many developing countries experiencing epidemiological transition 2 Patient’s knowledge and practice of life style modification play important roles in control hypertension. Objective: The objective of this study is to assess the Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and factors associated with life style modification among hypertensive patients attending Tikur anbessa specialized hospital outpatient department. Methodology: Cross sectional study was conducted in Tikur anbessa specialized hospital Renal and Cardiac follow up clinics . A total of 385 patients were planned to be included in this study but 370 hypertensive patient were enrolled in . Data was collected using a consecutive sampling technique during the study period with pretested, structured and interviewer guided questionnaire. Data quality was controlled through supervision of data collectors who were fifth year medical students. Data entry and analysis procedure was done using SPSS version 26 statistical packages. A P-value < 0.05 was considered to be statistically significant in all cases. Results: .A total of 370 participants were included in this study;53.8% were females with a mean age of 59.93(±12) and 86.2% of the participants have comorbidities. poor knowledge of 40% and poor practice of 35%.among the poor knowledge group females are the majority. Conclusion and recommendation: This study showed there is still poor level of awareness and practice of life style modification among a representative sample of adult hypertensive. So Correct measures need to be taken from the time of diagnosis, especially at clinics where follow up takes place and the level of understanding by patients should be assessed. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/30201 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Abeba University | en_US |
| dc.subject | Hypertension, Life style modification. | en_US |
| dc.title | Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude, Practice and Factors Associated with Life Style Modification among Hypertensive Patients Seen at TASH. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |