Hypertension self-care practice and associated factors among patients in public health facilities of Dessie town, Ethiopia

Table 3 Factors associated with hypertension self-care practice (N = 309)

Variable		Self-care practice		Crude Odds Ratio (COR), 95% CI	Adjusted Odds Ratio (AOR),
Variable		Good (n)	Poor (n)	Crude Odds Ratio (COR), 95% CI	95% CI	p-value
Gender	Male	80	64	1.0	1.0
Gender	Female	73	92	0.64 (0.40, 0.99)	0.58 (0.37, 0.92)	0.058
Age	<40 years	18	8	1.0	1.0
	40–60 years	74	78	0.42 (0.17, 1.02)	0.32 (0.12, 0.83)	0.058
	>60 years	60	70	0.381 (0.16, 0.94)	0.33 (0.13, 0.88)	0.06
Marital status	Single	16	4	1.0	1.0
	Married	108	106	0.26 (0.08, 0.79)	0.32 (0.09, 1.07)	0.17
	Divorced	8	20	0.1 (0.03, 0.39)	0.12 (0.03, 0.51)***	0.001
	Widowed	21	26	0.20 (0.06, 0.69)	0.27 (0.07, 1.06)	0.011
Educational status	Unable to read and write	33	67	1.0	1.0
	Traditional clergy-based teaching	29	30	1.96 (1.02, 3.79)	2.21 (1.06, 4.58)**	0.036
	Primary school	33	36	1.86 (0.99, 3.49)	1.86 (0.92, 3.89)	0.046
	Secondary school	24	11	4.43 (1.94, 10.12)	2.52 (0.92, 6.91)	0.026
	College/university	34	12	5.75 (2.64, 12.53)	1.93 (0.71, 5.24)	0.013
Source of information	Books	24	4	1.0	1.0
	News	0	1	0.00 [0.00]	0.0 (0, 0.00)	1.00
	Health education	103	83	0.21 (0.07, 0.62)	0.31 (0.09,1.05)	0.005
	No information	26	68	0.06 (0.02, 0.20)	0.08 (0.02, 0.32)***	0.000
Place for exercise	No	66	103	1.0	1.0
Place for exercise	Yes	87	53	2.56 (1.62, 4.06)	2.97 (1.83, 4.83)***	0.000
Social support	Good social support	123	94	2.70 (1.62, 4.51)	2.20 (1.27, 3.82)***	0.005
Social support	Poor social support	30	62	1.0	1.0
Self-care agency	Good Self-care agency	65	98	2.29 (1.45, 3.16)	1.82 (1.12,2.96)**	0.015
Self-care agency	Poor Self-care agency	88	58	1.0	1.0

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