Adherence to hypertension self-care behaviors is low in Ethiopia, with specific demographic and clinical factors (such as khat chewing and rural residence) identifying high-risk patients needing targeted support.
The rate of adherence to self-care behaviors particularly weight management, low salt intake, physical exercise, and medication intake was low in our study. Elders, females, khat chewers, rural residents, and patients with negative medication belief, comorbidity, and inadequate knowledge of SCBs were less adherent to self-care behaviors compared to their counterparts. Therefore, health care providers should pay more emphasis to patients at risk of having low self-care behaviors.
Niriayo et al. (Wed,) studied this question.