Nonadherence to Self-Care Practices, Antihypertensive Medications, and Associated Factors among Hypertensive Patients in a Follow-up Clinic at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study

Table 7

Bivariable and multivariable analysis of factors associated with nonadherence to self-care practices among hypertensive patients in a follow-up clinic at Asella Referral and Teaching Hospital, Asella Town, Arsi Zone, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia, 2020.

Variables	Categories	Self-care practices		COR (95% CI)	AOR (95% CI)	value
		Adherence	Nonadherence
Gender	Male	20 (35.7%)	36(64.3%)	1	1
	Female	18 (30.5%)	41(69.5%)	1.27(0.58, 2.76)	1.36(0.56, 3.20)	0.487
Age in years	≤45	21 (48.8%)	22(51.2%)	1	1
	>45	17 (23.6%)	55 (76.4%)	3.09 (1.38, 6.93)	2.89 (1.16, 7.18)	0.023
Marital status	Unmarried	16 (28.1%)	41 (71.9%)	1.57 (0.72, 3.43)	1.76 (0.76, 4.11)	0.189
	Married	22 (37.9%)	36 (62.1%)	1	1
Educational status	No formal education	9 (25%)	27 (75%)	1.74 (0.72, 4.20)	1.67 (1.32, 3.74)	0.034
	Formal education	29 (36.7%)	50 (63.3%)	1	1
Occupation	Unemployed	20 (36.4%)	35 (63.6%)	0.75 (0.34, 1.63)	0.62 (0.22, 1.71)	0.352
	Employed	18 (30%)	42 (70%)	1	1
Average monthly income	≤2500 ETB	22 (30.1%)	51 (69.9%)	1.43 (0.64, 3.17)	1.30 (0.49, 3.43)	0.591
	>2500 ETB	16 (38.1%)	26 (61.9%)	1	1
Duration since diagnoses	≤5 years	23 (30.7%)	52 (69.3%)	1.36 (0.61, 3.04)	1.56 (1.07, 3.25)	0.042
	>5 years	15 (37.5%)	25 (62.5%)	1	1
Presence of comorbidities	Yes	9 (39.1%)	14 (60.9%)	1	1
	No	29 (31.5%)	63 (68.5%)	1.40 (0.54, 3.59)	1.61 (0.58, 4.49)	0.362