Table 3 Socio-demographic, clinical characteristics and percentage of the reported health problems among patients with hypertension in public hospitals, Addis Ababa
9Variables | % Reported problems | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mobility | Self-care | Usual activities | Pain/Discomfort | Anxiety/Depression | |
Total | 58.7 | 44.2 | 68.4 | 71.4 | 76.7 |
Sex | |||||
Male | 25.7 | 18.2 | 30.7 | 34.5 | 37.8 |
Female | 33.0 | 26 | 37.8 | 36.9 | 38.9 |
Age | |||||
< 58 | 23.9 | 16.2 | 31.3 | 35.4 | 41.3 |
≥ 58 | 34.8 | 28.0 | 37.2 | 36 | 35.4 |
Residence | |||||
Urban | 49.9 | 36.9 | 59.9 | 61.4 | 66.4 |
Rural | 8.8 | 7.4 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 10.3 |
Marital status | |||||
Single | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 |
Married | 36.6 | 24.2 | 44.2 | 45.1 | 50.4 |
Divorced | 4.4 | 3.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 7.1 |
Widowed | 15.9 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 15.9 |
Educational status | |||||
No education | 11.2 | 8.8 | 11.5 | 12.1 | 12.7 |
Read & write | 9.4 | 8.6 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 12.1 |
Primary | 16.2 | 12.7 | 16.8 | 17.7 | 14.7 |
Secondary | 11.5 | 7.1 | 13.0 | 10.3 | 12.7 |
Higher education | 10.3 | 7.1 | 16.2 | 20.6 | 24.5 |
Occupation | |||||
Employed | 20.9 | 14.5 | 29.2 | 33.6 | 38.9 |
Unemployed | 37.8 | 29.8 | 39.2 | 37.8 | 37.8 |
AMHI | |||||
< 1000 | 31.0 | 26.8 | 32.7 | 32.2 | 31.3 |
1000–4999 | 16.8 | 10.6 | 23.9 | 25.1 | 28.0 |
> 5000 | 10.9 | 6.8 | 11.8 | 14.2 | 17.4 |
Duration of HTN | |||||
< 1 year | 3.5 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.7 | 5.0 |
1–5 years | 24.5 | 18.0 | 30.4 | 34.5 | 40.1 |
≥ 5 years | 30.7 | 23.3 | 33.9 | 32.2 | 31.6 |
Stage of HTN | |||||
Normal BP | 7.1 | 3.8 | 9.4 | 12.1 | 12.1 |
High-normal | 12.7 | 10.3 | 16.5 | 17.7 | 18.9 |
Stage 1 | 26.0 | 19.8 | 29.5 | 28.9 | 31.9 |
Stage 2 | 11.2 | 8.8 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 11.8 |
HYC | 1.8 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 2.1 |
Alcohol habit | |||||
Yes | 23.0 | 17.1 | 27.7 | 32.2 | 36.0 |
No | 35.7 | 27.1 | 40.7 | 39.2 | 40.7 |
Smoking status | |||||
Yes | 3.5 | 2.4 | 8.0 | 6.8 | 8.3 |
No | 55.2 | 41.9 | 60.5 | 64.6 | 68.4 |
Comorbidity | |||||
Yes | 54.3 | 41.0 | 60.2 | 61.1 | 64.3 |
No | 4.4 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 10.3 | 12.4 |
Number of comorbidities | |||||
One | 24.2 | 17.1 | 25.1 | 26.5 | 27.4 |
Two | 20.4 | 15.9 | 24.5 | 24.5 | 27.1 |
≥ 3 | 9.7 | 8.0 | 10.6 | 10.0 | 9.7 |
Number of medications for HTN | |||||
One | 15.0 | 10.9 | 22.1 | 25.7 | 28.0 |
Two | 33.0 | 26.0 | 33.3 | 34.8 | 36.9 |
> 3 | 10.6 | 7.4 | 12.4 | 10.3 | 11.2 |
Number of medications (including HTN) | |||||
1 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 6.8 | 7.4 | 8.6 |
1 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 |
≥ 3 | 47.2 | 36.0 | 53.1 | 53.1 | 55.8 |
History of hospitalization | |||||
Yes | 31.9 | 26.0 | 37.2 | 37.5 | 37.2 |
No | 26.8 | 18.3 | 31.3 | 33.9 | 39.5 |
Past year hospitalization frequency | |||||
None | 26.8 | 17.7 | 31.3 | 33.3 | 38.9 |
Once | 15.9 | 12.7 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 20.1 |
Twice | 9.4 | 8.3 | 10.9 | 10.6 | 10.9 |
≥ 3 | 6.5 | 5.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.8 |