Participants' adherence status on self-care behaviors Participants' adherence status on self-care behaviors (prevalence rates on self-care activity) among adult hypertensive who were attending hospitals in Bale zone southwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Table 3: Participants' adherence status on self-care behaviors Participants' adherence status on self-care behaviors (prevalence rates on self-care activity) among adult hypertensive who were attending hospitals in Bale zone southwest Ethiopia, 2019.

Variables	Category	Number	Percent
Medication adherence	Yes	183	61.0
Medication adherence	No	117	39.0
Low salt diet adherence	Yes	111	37.0
Low salt diet adherence	No	189	63.0
Smoking	No	295	98.3
Smoking	Yes	5	1.7
Weight management adherence	Yes	121	40.3
Weight management adherence	No	179	59.7
Khat use	Yes	147	49.0
Khat use	No	153	51.0
BP check up	Less than 2	91	30.3
BP check up	Two and above	209	69.7