From: Patient adherence to antihypertensive medications in upper Egypt: a cross-sectional study
Characteristic | Treatment adherence | p value | |
---|---|---|---|
Non-adherent | Adherent | ||
Age | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
< 40 | 32 (14.3%) | 192 (85.7%) | |
40-65 | 436 (45.6%) | 520 (54.4%) | |
> 65 | 836 (67.4%) | 404 (32.6%) | |
Gender | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
Male | 664 (45.5%) | 796 (54.5%) | |
Female | 640 (66.7%) | 320 (33.3%) | |
Education level | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
Illiterate | 560 (66.67%) | 280 (33.33%) | |
Primary/secondary | 524 (50.58%) | 512 (49.42%) | |
Higher | 220 (40.44%) | 324 (59.56%) | |
Income | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
Low | 768 (69.1%) | 344 (30.9%) | |
Moderate | 400 (50.5%) | 392 (49.5%) | |
High | 136 (26.4%) | 380 (73.6%) | |
Comorbidities | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
No | 208 (33.3%) | 416 (66.7%) | |
Yes | 1096 (61%) | 700 (39%) | |
No. Of antihypertensive pills | Â | Â | |
One | 668 (44.7%) | 828 (55.3%) | < 0.001* |
Two | 356 (61%) | 228 (39%) | |
Three or more | 280 (82.4%) | 60 (17.6%) | |
Marital status | Â | Â | 0.18 |
Unmarried | 480 (53.3%) | 420 (46.7%) | |
Married | 824 (54.2%) | 696 (45.8%) | |
Residence | Â | Â | < 0.001* |
Rural | 884 (59.25%) | 608 (40.75%) | |
Urban | 420 (45.3%) | 508 (54.7%) | |
Occupation | Â | Â | 0.42 |
Unemployed | 440 (54.46%) | 368 (45.54%) | |
Employed | 864 (53.6%) | 748 (46.4%) |