Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring, Awareness of Hypertension Complication and Associated Factors Among Adult Hypertensive Patients on Follow Up at Selected Public Hospitals in Arsi Zone, Southeastern, Ethiopia, 2019.
| dc.contributor.advisor | Daniel(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.advisor | Yohannes(PhD) | |
| dc.contributor.author | Dabi Addisu | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-28T18:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-11-06T08:51:08Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-28T18:23:42Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-11-06T08:51:08Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-06 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Background: Hypertension is a systolic blood pressure ≥ 140 mm Hg and a diastolic pressure ≥ 90 mm Hg based on the average of two or more accurate blood pressure measurements taken during two or more contacts with a health care provider. Objectives: The aim of the study was to assess blood pressure self-monitoring, awareness of hypertension complication and associated factors among adult hypertensive patients on follow up at selected public hospitals in Arsi Zone, Southeastern, Ethiopia, 2019. Methods: Institution based cross-sectional survey was conducted on a sample of 400 hypertensive patients from March 01-31/2019. Data was entered in to Epi-data version 4.2.0.0 and then exported to SPSS version 21.0 software for analysis. Binary and multivariable Logistic regression was performed to determine the association between the independent and awareness of hypertension complication and BP self-monitoring. Result: The proportion of having awareness of hypertension complication and BP self-monitoring among hypertensive patients was 32.5% [95%CI; 28.3, 37.0] and 7.75% [95%CI; 5.3, 10.5] respectively. Educational level, monthly income, duration of hypertension, marital status, occupation, current smoking status and regular healthcare professional visit were factors positively associated with having awareness of hypertension complication. Educational level, monthly income, duration of hypertension, comorbidities, recommendation toward BP self-monitoring and having awareness of hypertension complication were associated factors with BP self-monitoring. Conclusion and recommendation: The proportion of having awareness toward hypertension complication and BP self-monitoring among hypertensive patients of the study area were low. This describes the presence of a problem concerning to both having awareness toward hypertension complication and BP self-monitoring. Whereas, educational level, monthly income, duration of hypertension, marital status, occupation, current smoking status and regular healthcare professional visit were factors positively predicted having awareness of hypertension complication. Educational level, monthly income, duration of hypertension, comorbidities, recommendation toward BP self-monitoring and awareness of hypertension complication were positively associated factors with BP self-monitoring. This study had identified areas of significance that need to be deliberated by health education programs which recommended to minimize the problem. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://etd.aau.edu.et/handle/123456789/21347 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Addis Ababa University | en_US |
| dc.subject | BP self-monitoring; Awareness, Hypertension; complication; Arsi Zone; Ethiopia | en_US |
| dc.title | Blood Pressure Self-Monitoring, Awareness of Hypertension Complication and Associated Factors Among Adult Hypertensive Patients on Follow Up at Selected Public Hospitals in Arsi Zone, Southeastern, Ethiopia, 2019. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |