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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2021

Self-care practice and associated factors among adult asthmatic patients on follow-up care at Northwest Amhara referral hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia 2020.

Sosna Melkamu Abegaz, Mulugeta Wassie, Abere Woretaw Azagew

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sosna Melkamu AbegazMedical Nursing, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Mulugeta WassieDepartment of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Abere Woretaw AzagewDepartment of Medical Nursing, School of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. wabere@ymail.com.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSelf-care practice of asthma is the strategy for asthma symptom control and future reduction of exacerbation, but it is poorly implemented in clinical settings due to the patients, professionals, and organizational related factors. Therefore, the study aimed to assess the self-care practice and associated factors among adult asthmatic patients at Northwest Amhara referral hospitals.

methodsInstitution-based cross-sectional study was conducted among asthmatic patients on follow-up care at Northwest Amhara Regional State referral hospitals from February 1st, 2020 to March 30, 2020. Data were collected through an interviewer-administered technique. Asthma self-care practice tool was used to measure the outcome. Data were entered into EPI info version 7 and exported to SPSS version 22 for analysis. A binary logistic regression analysis was used. In multivariable logistic regression analysis, those independent variables having p value < 0.05 were considered as statistically significant with poor self-care practice of asthma.

resultsA total of 470 participants enrolled in the study with a response rate of 100%. The proportion of good self-care practice among asthmatic patients was found to be 42.3%. The study revealed that; age group ≥ 55 years, having a co-morbid illness and borderline anxiety, having no social support, and drinking alcohol were significantly associated with poor asthma self-care practice.

conclusionsPoor-self care practice in this study was high. Efforts need to be implemented for asthmatic patients with older age, having co-morbid illness and borderline anxiety, having no social support, and drinking alcohol.

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AftercareSelf CareAdolescentAdultAsthmaCross-Sectional StudiesEthiopiaFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedReferral and ConsultationYoung AdultAsthmaEthiopiaNorthwest Amhara referral hospitalsSelf-care practice

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