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Blood pressure control practice and determinants among ambulatory hypertensive patients attending primary health care facilities in Addis Ababa.
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- Self-care practice among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis.Open heart · 2021Pooled it
- Practice of blood pressure self-monitoring and associated factors among hypertensive patients on follow-up visits at hospitals, West Shoa Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, 2022…An institution-based cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2024Article
- Self-care adherence and associated factors among hypertensive patients at Guraghe Zone, 2023.Heliyon · 2024Article
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- Predicting factors of blood pressure normalization in hypertensive patients after short-term follow-up.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
- Uncontrolled blood pressure and associated factors in adult hypertensive patients undergoing follow-up at public health facility ambulatory clinics in Bishoftu town, Ethiopia: a multi-center study.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2023Article
- Determinants of blood pressure and blood glucose control in patients with co-morbid hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.PLOS global public health · 2022Article
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- Health-Seeking Behavior and Its Determinants Among Hypertensive Patients in Selected Public Hospitals, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.SAGE open nursingArticle
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Abstract
backgroundHypertension is the major risk factor for cardiovascular diseases related morbidity and mortality. Blood pressure is often not adequately controlled in clinical practice. Information regarding blood pressure control in primary care settings is limited in Ethiopia.
objectivesThis study aimed to assess blood pressure control practice and determinates among hypertensive patients attending primary health care facilities in Addis Ababa.
methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted on 616 hypertension patients in 12 health centers in Addis Ababa city. Data were collected by interviewing patients and reviewing their medical records. Data were collected from 3 August to 30 October 2015.
resultsA complete information was obtained from 616 patients' medical records, and patients were then interviewed. The mean age was 58.90 (SD ± 13.04) years, and most of them (n = 321, 52.1%) were 60 years old or above, and more than three-fourth (n = 485) were on monotherapy. Methyldopa was the most monotherapy medication prescribed, 128 (20.8%). Only 31% (n = 191) of the patients had controlled blood pressure. Determinants for poor blood pressure control were age less than 60 years (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 3.06, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.96, 4.78); work status: government employee (AOR = 2.41, 95% CI: 1.18, 4.90), retired (AOR = 1.79, 95% CI: 1.01, 3.18), and private business (AOR = 2.09, 95% CI: 1.17, 3.74); and being hypertensive for 10 or more years (AOR = 1.96, 95% CI: 1.11, 3.43). Significant predictors of achieving controlled blood pressure were weekly blood pressure measurement practice (AOR = 0.57, 95% CI: 0.36, 0.90) and tertiary-level education (AOR = 0.26, 95% CI: 0.13, 0.54).
conclusionsOnly one-third of the patients had controlled blood pressure. Efforts should be made to address identified determinants including age, regular blood pressure monitoring practice, and level of education.
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