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Implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations and its associated factors among hypertensive patients on follow-up in hospitals of South Omo and Gofa zones, Southern Ethiopia: A facility based cross sectional study.
| Τίτλος: | Implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations and its associated factors among hypertensive patients on follow-up in hospitals of South Omo and Gofa zones, Southern Ethiopia: A facility based cross sectional study. |
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| Συγγραφείς: | Kanko T; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia., Kofole Z; Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia., Simon Y; Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia., Ena L; Department of Nursing, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia., Merid M; Department of Public Health, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, Arba Minch University, Arba Minch, Ethiopia. |
| Πηγή: | PLOS global public health [PLOS Glob Public Health] 2026 Jun 10; Vol. 6 (6), pp. e0006604. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Jun 10 (Print Publication: 2026). |
| Τύπος έκδοσης: | Journal Article |
| Γλώσσα: | English |
| Στοιχεία περιοδικού: | Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 9918283779606676 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 2767-3375 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 27673375 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLOS Glob Public Health Subsets: PubMed not MEDLINE |
| Imprint Name(s): | Original Publication: San Francisco, California : Public Library of Science, [2021]- |
| Περίληψη: | Hypertension is a major public health issue and inadequately controlled in a large proportion of patients globally. It can be adequately managed both pharmacologically and non-pharmacologically. This study aimed to assess the implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations and its associated factors among hypertensive patients attending hospitals in the South Omo and Gofa zones, southern Ethiopia. A health facility-based cross-sectional study was conducted among hypertensive patients on follow-up at the chronic care unit of Jinka and Sawla general hospitals in the South Omo zone (currently the Ari zone) and the Gofa zone, southern Ethiopia, from June 01 to July 30, 2025. The participants were selected using proportionate allocation and a simple random sampling method. A pretested and interviewer-administered structured questionnaire adapted from a validated tool to measure hypertension self-care and the Joint National Committee recommendations on the treatment of hypertension was utilized to collect the data using Kobo Toolbox. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 25 was utilized for data analysis. Descriptive statistics such as frequency and cross-tabulation were used to summarize the data. Binary logistic regression was computed to identify determinants of hypertensive patients' implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations. Significance was declared at p-value<0.05. In this study, majority of the participants were male and aged above 50 years. This study revealed that 58.9% of participants had good overall implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations for hypertension management. In this study participant age (AOR: 3.64; 95% CI: 1.43-9.28), educational level (AOR: 3.84; 95% CI: 1.42-10.35), monthly income (AOR: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.34-0.96) and knowledge level about non-pharmacological recommendations (AOR: 5.02; 95% CI: 2.94-8.57) were found to be significant determinants of hypertensive patients' implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations (p < 0.05). This study identified a considerable magnitude of poor implementation of non-pharmacological recommendations for hypertension management among hypertensive patients. The participant's age, educational level, monthly income, and knowledge level were found to be significant predictors of the implementation of recommendations among patients. Therefore, establishing a facility-based patient peer support club, considering digital health (automated SMS reminder) intervention, awareness creation campaigns and patient centered health education would play an indispensable role in improving the implementation of recommendations among hypertensive patients. (Copyright: © 2026 Kanko et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.) |
| Competing Interests: | The authors have declared that no competing interests exist. |
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| Entry Date(s): | Date Created: 20260610 Date Completed: 20260610 Latest Revision: 20260813 |
| Update Code: | 20260813 |
| PubMed Central ID: | PMC13252757 |
| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006604 |
| PMID: | 42268860 |
| Βάση Δεδομένων: | MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 2767-3375 |
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| DOI: | 10.1371/journal.pgph.0006604 |