Adherence to Self-Care Recommendations and Associated Factors among Adult Heart Failure Patients in West Gojjam Zone Public Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia

Table 2

Clinical characteristics of HF patients in West Gojjam Zone public hospitals, Northwest, Ethiopia, 2021.

Variables	Category		Frequency ()	Percent (%)
Comorbidity	No		194	63.8
	Yes	HTN	43	14.1
		DM	7	2.3
		KD	31	10.2
		HTN+DM	4	1.3
		HTN+KD	15	4.9
		DM+KD	3	1.0
		Others	7	2.3
NYHA classification	I		7	2.3
	II		97	31.9
	III		160	52.6
	IV		40	13.2
History of hospitalization for the last one year	No		154	50.7
	Yes	One times	107	35.2
		Two times	17	5.6
		Three times	13	4.3
		Four or more times	13	4.3
Duration of illness with HF	<1 year		38	12.5
	≥1 year		266	87.5

Other comorbidities: asthma, dyspepsia, and blindness. Note: HTN: hypertension; DM: diabetes mellitus; KD: kidney disease.