Table 3.
Factors associated with self-care practice of hypertensive patients in public health facilities in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 391).
| Characteristic | Self-care practice |
COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good, n (%) | Poor, n (%) | |||
| Sex | ||||
| Male | 56 (25.8) | 161 (74.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Female | 61 (35.1) | 113 (64.9) | 1.55 (1.01, 2.40)* | 1.18 (0.70, 1.99) |
| Age (years) | ||||
| 18–39 | 11 (28.9) | 27 (71.1) | 1 | 1 |
| 40–59 | 53 (23.7) | 171 (76.3) | 0.76 (0.35, 1.64) | 1.18 (0.46, 3.08) |
| ⩾60 | 53 (41.1) | 76 (58.9) | 1.71 (0.78, 3.75) | 3.35 (1.21, 9.26)* |
| Marital status | ||||
| Married | 81 (27.8) | 210 (72.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Single | 9 (40.9) | 13 (59.1) | 1.80 (0.74, 4.36) | 1.05 (0.35, 3.11) |
| Divorced | 9 (25.5) | 26 (74.5) | 0.90 (0.40, 2.00) | 1.21 (0.47, 3.13) |
| Widowed | 18 (41.9) | 25 (58.1) | 1.87 (0.97, 3.60) | 1.56 (0.69, 3.51) |
| Religion | ||||
| Muslim | 58 (31.7) | 125 (68.3) | 1.17 (0.76, 1.81) | 1.06 (0.634, 1.77) |
| Non-Muslim | 59 (28.4) | 149 (71.6) | 1 | 1 |
| Educational status | ||||
| Formal education | 88 (38.6) | 140 (61.4) | 2.90 (1.79, 4.70)*** | 2.28 (1.26, 4.15)** |
| No formal education | 29 (17.8) | 134 (82.2) | 1 | 1 |
| Occupational status | ||||
| Employed | 81 (34.9) | 151 (65.1) | 1.83 (1.16, 2.90)** | 1.83 (0.98, 3.42) |
| Unemployed | 36 (22.6) | 123 (77.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Comorbidity | ||||
| No | 68 (37.4) | 114 (62.6) | 1.95 (1.26, 3.02)** | 1.78 (1.07, 3.07)** |
| Yes | 49 (23.4) | 160 (76.6) | 1 | 1 |
| Knowledge about HTN | ||||
| Adequate | 101 (42.6) | 136 (57.4) | 6.41 (3.59, 11.42)** | 4.77 (2.48, 8.80)* |
| Inadequate | 16 (10.4) | 138 (89.6) | 1 | 1 |
| Level of social support | ||||
| Good | 85 (38.8) | 134 (61.2) | 2.78 (1.73, 4.44)** | 2.71 (1.56, 4.69)** |
| Poor | 32 (18.6) | 140 (81.4) | 1 | 1 |
| Current khat chewing | ||||
| Abstainer | 93 (37.5) | 155 (62.5) | 2.98 (1.79, 4.90)** | 1.93 (1.06, 3.50)* |
| Chewer | 24 (16.8) | 119 (83.2) | 1 | 1 |
COR: crude odds ratio; CI: confidence interval; AOR: adjusted odds ratio; HTN: hypertension.
Significant at *p < 0.05; **p < 0.01; ***p < 0.001.