Adherence to Antihypertensive Treatment and Associated Factors in Central Ethiopia

Table 4

Illness perception of hypertensive patients in Central Ethiopia, 2017 (n = 989).

Variable	Frequency	%
Timeline acute/chronic
Low	469	47.4
High	520	52.6
Consequence
Low	460	45.5
High	529	53.5
Treatment control
Low	428	43.28
High	561	56.72
Personal control
Low	422	43.3
High	567	56.7
Illness coherence
Low	544	55.1
High	445	44.9
Timeline cyclical
Low	495	50.1
High	494	49.9
Emotional representation
Low	523	52.9
High	466	47.1
Illness representation
Low	483	48.8
High	506	51.2