Original Article
Factors Associated with Practices of Recommended Lifestyle Modification among Hypertensive Patient
Author(s):
Agete Tadewos Hirigo*, Seyife Kibru and Sisay Tesfaye
Background: Proper adherence to recommended lifestyle change is a nonpharmacological
option and plays great role to decrease comorbidity and
expenditure of healthcare assets. Data regarding practices of recommended
lifestyle change among hypertensive patients in Ethiopia is scarce.
Therefore, this study aimed to assess practices of lifestyle change and its
associated factors among diagnosed hypertensive patients.
Methods: This hospital-based cross-sectional study was conducted among
299 hypertensive patients in Hawassa University comprehensive, specialized
hospital, Southern-Ethiopia from April to August 2019. A pre-structured
interviewer-administered questionnaire was used to collect sociodemographic
and clinical related data and study subjects were selected by
systematic random sampling technique.
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