Open AccessThe Role of Health Care Quality in Hypertension Self-Management: A Qualitative Study of the Experience of Patients in a Public Hospital, North-West Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Mohammed Hussien,
Ahmed Muhye Seid,
Fantu Abebe Eyowas,
Fentie Ambaw
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
integrated blood pressure control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1178-7104
DOI - 10.2147/ibpc.s303100
Subject(s) - qualitative research , medicine , public health , nursing , north west , quality (philosophy) , quality management , family medicine , sociology , geography , operations management , social science , management system , engineering , philosophy , epistemology , physical geography
Hypertension is becoming a global epidemic in all population groups. For its effective management and control, patients should have enhanced self-management skills and get adequate support from care providers. Although the quality of health care is critical in enhancing self-management behaviors of patients with hypertension, the issue has not been fully explored in the Ethiopian context. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the experience of hypertensive patients on the quality of health care and the self-management practice in a public hospital in North-west Ethiopia.