Level of Self-care Practice and Associated Factors Among Hypertensive Patients in Jimma University Specialized Hospital, South West Ethiopia
Anwar Abdulwahed,
Anwar Seid
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
Pages:
12-17
Received:
24 February 2020
Accepted:
31 August 2020
Published:
17 September 2020
Abstract: Globally hypertension is a major public health problem and leading cause of mortality in developing countries. Self-care practice encourage hypertensive patients to have better quality of life by preventing complication and decrease health care expenditure. The aim of this study is to assess Self-care practice and associated factors among hypertension patients in Jimma university specialized hospital, south west Ethiopia. An institution based Cross sectional study was employed on 322 adult hypertensive patients using simple random sampling procedure between March to May, 2016. Data was analyzed using SPSS version 20.0. A p-value of <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Adjusted odds ratio at 95% CI was considered to declare the independent effect of independents variables on the outcome. In this study, the overall participants with the recommended level of self-care practice were found to be 44.7%. Being employed [AOR = 2.032, 95% Confidence Interval [CI]: (1.162, 3.552), educational attainment (AOR = 3.730, 95% CI: (1.837, 7.576) and Presence of co morbidity diseases (AOR = 0.502, 95% CI: 0.2886, 0.8850) were factors significantly associated with self-care practice. This study revealed level of self-care practice were low among hypertensive patients. Occupation, educational status and comorbidity were factors significantly associated with Self-care practice. Hypertensive patients with low socioeconomic status, no formal educational attainment and with co-morbidity needs special attention to improve their self-care practice.
Abstract: Globally hypertension is a major public health problem and leading cause of mortality in developing countries. Self-care practice encourage hypertensive patients to have better quality of life by preventing complication and decrease health care expenditure. The aim of this study is to assess Self-care practice and associated factors among hypertens...
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Satisfaction with Waiting Time and Associated Factors among Outpatients at Nekemte Referral Hospital, Western Ethiopia
Edosa Tesfaye Geta,
Alemu Mekonnen Edessa
Issue:
Volume 5, Issue 2, June 2020
Pages:
18-25
Received:
26 July 2019
Accepted:
21 September 2019
Published:
21 September 2020
Abstract: Patients have explicit needs for health care when they visit health facilities and their satisfaction embodies the patients’ perceived needs and expectations and they use waiting time as a decisive factor in choosing a health service provider. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with waiting time among outpatients and associated factors at Nekemte referral hospital. The study was conducted at Nekemte Referral hospital in Ethiopia. A cross-sectional study design was used to collect data between May 01 and 30, 2016. A 420 samples size was determined using a single population proportion formula. Data entry and analysis were done using SPSS version 20. Descriptive statistics, univariate and multivariable logistic regression were performed. From a total of 420 interviewed participants, 387 of them responded to the interview making 92.2% response rates. The majority of the participants were male 248 (64.1%) and from urban area 270 (69.8%). The overall satisfaction of outpatients with waiting time was 57.1% and the factors significantly associted with satisfaction toward waiting time to receive health care at outpatient departments of the hospital were waiting time to get registration, waits for visiting physician, waits for laboratory services, waits for drugs, and waits for payment. The overall outpatient satisfaction with waiting time to receive health services at outpatient departments of Nekemte referral hospital was relatively low compared to other many study findings and we recommend the hospital to reduce the waiting time to ≤30 minutes for health services at each outpatient department to increases outpatient satisfaction with waiting time.
Abstract: Patients have explicit needs for health care when they visit health facilities and their satisfaction embodies the patients’ perceived needs and expectations and they use waiting time as a decisive factor in choosing a health service provider. Hence, the aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction with waiting time among outpatients and as...
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